UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES OPEN UNIVERSITY

Invitation to Bid
The UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES OPEN UNIVERSITY, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites Contractors to apply for eligibility and if found eligible, to bid for the hereunder contract: Supply Labor and Materials for the Renovation of Multimedia Name of Contract : Center Theater at the NCC Building Location Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC): Contract Duration/Completion : :

NCC Building, C.P. Garcia Avenue, UP Diliman

Php 794,030.00 Seventy-Five (75) Calendar Days

Prospective contractors should possess a valid Category C General Building Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) License applicable to the above type and cost of the contract; have completed, within the last five (5) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the project with a value of at least fifty percent (50%) of the ABC; and meet the other minimum eligibility requirements stated in the Instruction to Bidders (ITB). Bidding is restricted to sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy-five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. The Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary Pass/Fail criterion as specified in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. The bidding is open to all interested parties, whether local or foreign, subject to the conditions for eligibility provided in the R-IRR of RA No. 9184. Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below and during regular office hours. UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES OPEN UNIVERSITY UPOU Headquarters, Los Baos, Laguna Telephone # (049)536-6001-06 loc. 210/211 The Bidding Documents may also be downloaded from the website of the PhilGEPS and the website of the UP Open University provided that the Contractors shall pay the non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders on the date hereunder set out from the address given below for One Thousand Pesos & 00/100 (Php 1,000.00) VAT inclusive.

The schedule of BAC activities is as follows: Activities 1. Issuance of Bid Documents 2. Site Inspection

Schedule
06 to 13 May 2013 16 May 2013, after pre-bid conference

3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Submission of Bids, including eligibility requirements 5. Opening of Bids

16 May 2013, 10:00 A.M. 28 May 2013, 11:00 A.M. 28 May 2013, 1:00 P.M.

The Site Inspection/Pre-bid Conference shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. The Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address given below. Late bids shall not be accepted. The University of the Philippines Open University 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.

(Sgd.)PATRICIA B. ARINTO Chair, Bids and Awards Committee