invitation to bid for design and construction of thirteen (13) steel bridges (trp – 03) 1. the philippine national railways, through the department of transportation downloaded fund sourced from general appropriations act (gaa) for cy 2019 and 2020, intends to apply the sum of seven hundred thirty-three million five hundred seven thousand eight hundred forty-eight and 13/100 pesos (₱733,507,848.13). being the approved budget for the contract (abc) to payments under the contract for design and construction of thirteen (13) steel bridges (trp – 03). bids received in excess of the abc shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. the philippine national railways now invites bids for the above procurement project. completion of the works is required within four hundred forty-three (443) calendar days. bidders should have completed a contract similar to the project. the deion of an eligible bidder is contained in the bidding documents, particularly, in section ii (instructions to bidders). 3. bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised implementing rules and regulations (irr) of republic act (ra) no. 9184. 4. interested bidders may obtain further information from philippine national railways and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. 5. a complete set of bidding documents may be acquired by interested bidders on 9 june 2022 from given address and website/s below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the bidding documents, pursuant to the latest guidelines issued by the gppb, in the amount of seventy-five thousand pesos (php75,000.00). the procuring entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees in person. 6. the philippine national railways will hold a pre-bid conference on 16 june 2022; 1:30pm at pnr board room, 4th level, pnr executive bldg., mayhaligue st. tutuban, tondo, manila and/or through videoconferencing/webcasting via zoom, which shall be open to prospective bidders. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86237122851?pwd=qznezjjgbffpdedtou9mdeu3wesvut09 meeting id: 862 3712 2851 passcode: 896397 7. the pnr shall allow bidders to conduct site inspection to be scheduled on the day, or days, following the conduct of the pre-bid conference. prospective bidders shall submit the work access permit application form (17 june 2022) through the bac-secretariat email address at bacsecretariat@pnr.gov.ph (see annex a for the work access permit application form) 8. bids must be duly received by the bac secretariat through manual submission at the office address as indicated below, on or before 18 august 2022; 8:30am. late bids shall not be accepted. 9. all bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in itb clause 16. 10. bid opening shall be on 18 august 2022; 8:30am at the given address below pnr board room, 4th level, pnr executive bldg., mayhaligue st. tutuban, tondo, manila and/or through zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88043067810?pwd=awlnem9uvnbpwjnlvlq1tvrxwef0dz09 meeting id: 880 4306 7810 passcode: 052262 bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity. 11. the philippine national railways reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with sections 35.6 and 41 of the 2016 revised implementing rules and regulations (irr) of ra no. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. 12. for further information, please refer to: office of the bac secretariat pnr bids and awards committee 4th level, legal division pnr executive building mayhaligue street, tutuban, tondo, manila bacsecretariat@pnr.gov.ph (02) 319-0166; (02) 319-0041 loc. 338 or 150 13. you may visit the following websites: for downloading of bidding documents: https://pnr.gov.ph 9 june 2022 (sgd) atty. celeste d. lauta chairman, pnr bids and awards committee