Republic of the NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY REGION City

INVITATION FOR ACCREDITATION AS PALAY MILLING CONTRACTOR FOR CY 2011

The NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) will be conducting public bidding of its contracts of milling services for CY 2011 for the milling of its palay inventories presently stored in various warehouses of the NFA Caraga Region.

In this connection the NFA Caraga is inviting owners/operators of duly-licensed ricemills with the following specifications to submit letter of intent for accreditation with the following NFA Caraga Provincial Offices as palay milling contractor for CY 2011:

Specifications of Rice Mills

Classification : Multi-pass Rice Mill

Capacity : 1.5 TPH based on paddy input (minimum)

Rice Mill Equipment

1. Dehuller : Should be rubber-roll type 80.0% Hulling Efficiency (minimum)

2. Polisher : Abrasive and/or Friction-type 10.0% Bran Recovery (maximum)

3. Destoner : Required

NFA provincial offices: del Norte - Capitol Drive, Butuan City - Alegria, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur del Norte - Km. 10, - Mabua, City

The NFA will be conducting test milling of the applicant’s rice mill to determine whether or not the applicant’s rice mill passes the minimum milling performance standards of the NFA. The NFA will be issuing “PASSED” certification to owners/operators of rice mills which have passed the NFA’s minimum milling performance standards. This certification shall be one of the pre-requisites for accreditation as palay milling contractor for CY 2011. In turn, this certificate of accreditation shall form part of the eligibility requirements that a prospective bidder for aforementioned contracts shall submit to the NFA Caraga Region Bids and Awards Committee.

Owners/operators who do not meet the above specifications of rice mills need not apply.

For clarification, inquiries and additional information/details, the NFA-CARAGA BAC may be contacted thru telephone numbers (085) 815-3284 and (085) 225-6701, fax number (085) 815-8090, NFA website and E-mail address at http://www.nfacaraga.com and [email protected] and at this address:

THE NFA CARAGA BAC National Food Authority Caraga Region 2nd Floor Madison Square Bldg., J. C. Aquino Avenue Butuan City ------

(SGD)CAMILO D. MAGTRAYO Assistant Regional Director Chairman, NFA-CARAGA BAC