REVISED : REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE COASTAL ADAPTATION STRATEGY FORMULATION IN THE MANILA BAY AREA
Request for Expression of Interest for the PROGRAMMATIC
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE
COASTAL ADAPTATION STRATEGY FORMULATION
IN THE MANILA BAY AREA (PBCONS-15-004)
1. The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), through its 2015 Corporate Operating Budget (COB), intends to apply the sum of Four Hundred Eight Million Four Hundred Thirty One Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Nine Pesos and 86/100 (Php408,431,279.86) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Consultancy Services for the Programmatic Environmental Assessment, Planning and Engineering Studies for the Coastal Adaptation Strategy Formulation in the Manila Bay Area. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The PRA now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the Consultancy Services in undertaking the Programmatic Environmental Assessment, Planning and Engineering Studies for the Coastal Adaptation Strategy Formulation in the Manila Bay Area. Interested consultants may purchase Eligibility Documents at a non-refundable fee of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php50,000.00) from December 29, 2015 to January 25, 2016 at 7th Floor, Legaspi Towers 200 Bldg., 107 Paseo de Roxas Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.
3. Consultants who purchased Eligibility Documents must submit their accomplished Eligibility Documents on or before January 25, 2016 at 12:00 o’clock p.m. at the same address above. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion. The Opening of the Eligibility Documents will be on the same date at 1:00 o’clock p.m. at the PRA Conference Room, 6th Floor Legaspi Towers 200 Bldg., 107 Paseo de Roxas Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.
4. The PRA Bids and Awards Committee shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted 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 of eligible consultants will be done based on the following criteria: experience of the consulting firm, qualifications of principal and key staff, and current workload relative to capacity.
5. The Consultant must be a reputable firm with at least ten (10) years of consulting business operation. In case of a Joint Venture (JV) or Consortium/Consortia, any** member firm should have at least ten (10) years of consulting business.
6. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184.
Bidding is open to all interested bidders, whether local or foreign, subject to the conditions for eligibility provided in the IRR of RA 9184.
7. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation (QCBE) procedure. Bids whose technical proposals pass the minimum technical rating of seventy five percent (75%) shall have its financial proposals opened and evaluated. The technical proposal shall carry eighty five percent (85%) in the bid evaluation. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders.
8. The contract shall be completed within fourteen (14) calendar months after receipt of Notice to Proceed.
9. The PRA reserves the right to reject any and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
10. For further information, please refer to:
ENGR. FLORO C. URCIA
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
7th Floor, Legaspi Towers 200, Paseo de Roxas St.,
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel Nos. (02)817-4711 / (02)459-5000
www.pea.gov.ph
Facsimile No. (02)815-2662
January 12, 2016
Sgd. FLORO C. URCIA
BAC Chairman
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* amended to “at most five (5)” from “minimum of three (3)” prospective bidders as previously published in accordance to Sec. 24.5.2 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184
** amended to “any” from “each” member firm as previously published
Please click the Eligibility Documents link to open/download the requirements