Engineering Design Consultancy Services for the UP Manila Main Library and Learning Commons Building,” University of the Philippines Manila.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA
The Health Sciences Center
8/F Philippine General Hospital

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

1. The University of the Philippines Manila, through GAA 2017 (LFP) intends to apply the sum of Three Million Pesos (PhP3,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Engineering Design Consultancy Services for the UP Manila Main Library and Learning Commons Building,” University of the Philippines Manila. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The University of the Philippines Manila now calls for the submission of letter of intent and eligibility documents for above indicated contract. Eligibility documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the BAC2 Secretariat on or before 1:00 P.M, 20 June 2017 at the Internal Audit Office, 8/F, PGH Compound Tat Avenue Manila. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Documents at UP Manila BAC 2 Secretariat Office at 8/F PGH Central Block Building, Taft Avenue Manila (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM).
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders starting 13 June 2017 from BAC II Secretariat Office at 8/F PGH Compound, Taft Avenue Manila and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of Three Thousand Pesos (PhP3,000.00).

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 applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

5. The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Expression of Interest, including the eligibility documents, and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of at most five (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:

Applicable experience of Consultants 30%
Qualification of personnel to be assigned to the job (education, work experience, number of years in firm, etc.) 50%
Current workload relative to capacity 20%

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184.

(i) Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

6. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation/Selection (QCBE/QCBS)procedure. The Procuring Entity shall indicate the weights to be allocated for the Technical and Financial Proposals. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

7. The contract shall be completed within Sixty (60) Calendar days.

8. The University of the Philippines Manila 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 Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.