1. The BICOL MEDICAL CENTER, through the National Expenditure Program /Drugs & Medicines intends to apply the sum of PESOS SIXTY MILLION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN & 20/100 (Php 60,111,514.20) being the ABC to payments under the contract for Procurement of Pharmaceuticals for CY 2022 - IB No. 2021-78. For purpose of early procurement authorized under Section 7.6 of the 2016 Revised IRR of RA No. 9184, the proposed budget under the FY 2022 National Expenditure Program shall be used as basis. Further, consistent with the requirement in the same Section 7.6, no award of contract shall be made until the approved and effectivity of the FY 2022 General Appropriations Act. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The BICOL MEDICAL CENTER now invites bids for the above Procurement Project. Delivery of the Goods is required as specified in Section VI. Schedule of Requirements. Bidders should have completed, within 2018 from the date of submission and receipt of bids, 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 a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA No. 5183.

4. Prospective Bidders may obtain further information from BICOL MEDICAL CENTER and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during office hours from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders at the BAC Secretariat Office (Procurement Section), Bicol Medical Center. Schedule and fees of the procurement activities is listed in tabular form below:

Name of Project Schedule of Activities

Sale of Bid Documents Pre – Bid Conference Deadline of Bid Submission Bid Opening Price of Bid Documents

Total ABC to be bid Cost

(Php)

Procurement of Pharmaceuticals for CY 2022 December 14, 2021 – January 10, 2022 December 22, 2021

11:00a.m

Procurement Conference Room, 2nd Floor, New ER Building, Bicol Medical Center January 10, 2022

10:30 am

Procurement Conference Room, 2nd Floor, New ER Building, Bicol Medical Center January 10, 2022

10:45 am

Procurement Conference Room, 2nd Floor, New ER Building, Bicol Medical Center 1 Million and below

500.00

More than 1 Million up to 5 Million 5,000.00

More than 5 Million up to 10 Million

10,000.00

More than 10 Million up to 50 Million

25,000.00

More than 50 Million

50,000.00

For bidders who will be paying for the Bidding Documents through Bank Transfer, the Bicol Medical Center – LBP Rotunda, Naga City Account No. is 3762-1010-67. Kindly email the bank validated deposit slip at bmc.bacoffice@gmail.com and indicate the name of the company and purpose of the transfer in the deposit slip.

It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

6. The BICOL MEDICAL CENTER will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on the above stated date and/or through video conferencing or webcasting via Cisco Webex, which shall be open to prospective bidders.

7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat through manual submission or online / electronic submission on the address, date and time as stated above. Late bids shall not be accepted.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 14.

9. Bid opening in the address, date and time as stated above and/or via Cisco Webex Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity.

10.In case of electronic bid submission, please take note of the following:

• Bids must contain the Technical and Financial Eligibility Requirements inside two (2) separate archived and password protected folders (pdf format).

• The folder containing the Technical Eligibility Requirements must be named and identified with the word TECHNICAL

e.g. IB-2021-78-COMPANYNAME-TECHNICAL

• The folder containing the Financial Eligibility Requirements must be named and identified with the word FINANCIAL

e.g. IB-2021-78-COMPANYNAME-FINANCIAL

• The archived and password protected Technical and Financial Folders must be placed inside a MAIN FOLDER with a file name indicating the ITB Number followed by the name of your company

• The MAIN FOLDER shall again be archived without password protection

• All electronic submissions must be submitted on or before January 10, 2022, 10:30am Philippine Standard Time to bmc.ebidding@gmail.com

• The SUBJECT of your email must indicate the ITB Number followed by the name of your company in UPPERCASE FORMAT exactly as seen in the example below.

e.g. IB-2021-78-COMPANYNAME

• Upon submission, bidders shall receive an automatically generated acknowledgement from the BMC BAC Secretariat confirming the receipt.

• The acknowledgement shall serve as your proof of submission of the bidding document.

• Bidders who submitted through electronic mail but did not receive an acknowledgement are advised to review the SUBJECT of their submission to make sure that it follows the required format.

• If the bidders are still encountering problems with their bid submissions, kindly contact the BMC BAC Secretariat at 0998-247-0239 or 0915-845-8696 for further assistance.

For bidders who submitted bids through electronic mail, the passwords for accessing the Bidding Documents will be disclosed by the Bidders only during the actual bid opening which may be done in person or face-to-face through videoconferencing, webcasting or similar technology.

Bidder who opt to participate in the bid opening through video conferencing may do so by following the instructions provided in the acknowledgement email.

11. The BICOL MEDICAL CENTER 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 Sections35.6 and 41 of the2016 revised IRR of RA No. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.