INVITATION TO BID 1. Contract ID. No. 17OH0091 Contract Name: Completion of the Repair/Renovation of Bureau of Quality and Safety (BQS) Office, 4th Floor, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area Manila Contract Location: Manila City Scope of Work: Repair/Renovation of Building Source of fund and year: DPWH Central Office Fund Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph. 7,190,274.40) Contract Duration: 150 cal. days Cost of Bid Documents: Ph. P 10,000.00 1) The Department of Public Works and Highways-South Manila District Engineering Office, through the above indicated source of funding and year intends to apply the sum of the above indicated amount, being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the above indicated contract name/contract id. Number. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening 2) The Department of Public Works and Highways-South Manila District Engineering Office now invites bids for construction projects indicated above. Completion of the Works is the above indicated contract duration/calendar days. Bidder should have completed a single contract similar to the project, equivalent to at least fifty percent (50%) of the ABC. The eligibility requirement is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders (ITB). 3) Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non- discretionary pass/fail criterion in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “ Government Procurement Reform Act”. 4) Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 5) Contractors/applicants who wish to participate in this bidding are required to first register with the DPWH Civil Works Registry (CWR) at the DPWH Procurement Service (PrS), 5th Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. The Contractor’s eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contractor Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained from the PrS during working weekdays from 7:00 am to 4 :00 pm or at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. 6) Submission/Updating of Class “A” documents and Financial Statements are at least seven (7) calendar days and Technical Documents (Completed/On-going projects) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the deadline of submission or opening of bids to the DPWH-Civil Works Registry per D.O. No. 03, Series of 2015. 7) Interested Bidders may obtain further information from The Department of Public Works and Highways-South Manila District Engineering Office, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 7:00-11:00 A.M. and 12:00-4:00 P.M. 8) A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount indicated above. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. 9) The Department of Public Works and Highways-South Manila District Engineering Office will hold a Pre-Bid Conference April 27, 2017- 10:00 A.M. at SMDEO-BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA, which shall be open to all interested parties. 10) Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before May 9, 2017- 09:00 A.M. at SMDEO-BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA. All bids must be accompanied by a duly notarized Bid Securing Declaration or a Bid Security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.1. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall not be accepted. 11) The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Issuance of Bidding Documents - - - - - - - - - - - - April 19 – May 9, 2017 Pre-Bid Conference - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10:00 A.M. April 27, 2017 Deadline of Bid Receipt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 09:00 A.M. May 9, 2017 Opening of Bids - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1:00 P.M. May 9, 2017 12) The Department of Public Works and Highways-South Manila District Engineering Office, reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders. 13) For Further information, please refer to: The BAC Chairman and/or Procurement Engineer South Manila District Engineering Office, DPWH 1018 -8th St. cor. Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila Tel. no. 3043963-64-65-66/5279727/3044012 RAFAEL C. VALENZUELA Assistant District Engineer BAC- Chairman NOTED: MIKUNUG D. MACUD District Engineer NCR.8 Procurement/RCV/MMJ .