Republic of the Department of Budget and Management PROCUREMENT SERVICE - PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

General Bid Bulletin No. 8 4 February 2021

IFB NO. 20-031-6

SOUTH COMMUTER RAILWAY PROJECT FOR PACKAGES CP S-04, CP S-05, CP S-06, AND CP S-07; CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL STRUCTURES: VIADUCTS, BRIDGES, NINE (9) STATIONS, AND DEPOT

Issued pursuant to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Procurement Guidelines to amend certain provisions in the Bidding Documents issued for this project considering the request letters made by the prospective bidders to extend the submission and opening of bids, timeline of the activities for the above-captioned bidding is herewith amended as follows:

AMENDMENT / REFERENCE CLARIFICATION

Section 2 Bid Data Sheet Page BDS 8

xxx REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SITE VISIT  To amend the provision for better understanding. To 1. Site visits/visual inspections shall be allowed from clarify, the request for 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. authority to conduct site visit shall have a 2. Bidders who intend to conduct site visits shall Confirmation Form address address their requests to the Philippine National to Mr. Junn Magno. The Railways (PNR). Request should be accompanied by form shall be submitted to a duly accomplished Confirmation Form (see the Bids and Awards attachment 3 below). Committee for facilitation.

Mr JUNN B. MAGNO THE GENERAL MANAGER PNR Executive Building (Tutuban Station) Mayhaligue Street Tondo, 1000, Philippines Telephone No.: (+63 2) 8319 0041 Facsimile No.: (+63 2) 8563 9361 E mail Address: [email protected]

3. This form shall be submitted to the Bids and Awards Committee VI at least five (5) working days who shall forward to the Philippine National Railways (PNR) through its

RR. Road, Cristobal St., Paco, Manila DBM Compound, General Salano Street, San Miguel, Manila www.ps-philgeps.gov.ph www.philgeps.gov.ph (02) 689 7750 (02) 640 6906 | 640 6907 | 640 6908 | 640 6909 Secretariat through fax and email at least three (3) working days before the desired date and time for the site visit in the following address/contact numbers:

Mr JUNN B. MAGNO THE GENERAL MANAGER PNR Executive Building (Tutuban Station) Mayhaligue Street Tondo, Manila 1000, Philippines Telephone No.: (+63 2) 8319 0041 Facsimile No.: (+63 2) 8319 0169

Mr. Webster M. Laureñana The Chairperson Bid and Awards Committee VI Procurement Service PS Complex, RR Road Cristobal Street Paco, Manila 1007 Philippines

Telephone: (+63 2) 8290 6300/6400 Fax: (+63 2) 8290 6300/6400 E-mail: [email protected]

4. Only formal requests duly received by the PS-DBM BAC shall be given due course.

5. The PNR shall forward the copy of request including the duly accomplished Confirmation Form to the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

6. A maximum of eight (8) representatives per Bidder will be allowed to join the site visit. In the absence of any of the representatives indicated in the Confirmation Form, alternate representatives may be allowed to join the site visit in place of the absent representatives. xxx

The herein amendments form an integral part of the bidding documents. Correspondingly, all other provisions in the bidding documents affected by these amendments are similarly amended or modified.

For the Bids and Awards Committee VI,

(SGD) WEBSTER M. LAUREÑANA Chairperson