1. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), through the Corporate Operating Budget 2024 intends to apply the sum of PHILIPPINE PESO: FORTY-THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVENTY-THREE and 77/100 (Php 43,355,073.77) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Proposed Ø150mm x 2,860 lm DI Pipeline Expansion Project at Locata Road, Canjulao, Lapu-lapu City with Purchase Requisition (PR) No. 29521-001. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
  1. The MCWD now invites bids for the above Procurement Project. Completion of the Works is required in Three Hundred Five (305)  calendar days.  Bidders should have completed, within five (5) years prior to the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project.  The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II (Instructions to Bidders).
  1. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184.
  1. Interested bidders may obtain further information from MCWD and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
  1. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on April 19, 2024 to May 14, 2024 from given address below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (Php 25,000.00). The Procuring Entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees in person, by facsimile, or through electronic means.
  1. The MCWD will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on April 30, 2024 9:00 am at the AGM for Administration Conference Room, 6/F MCWD Building, which shall be open to prospective bidders which shall be open to prospective bidders.
  1. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat through manual submission at the office address as indicated below on or before 9:00 am of May 14, 2024. Late bids shall not be accepted.
  1. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 16.
  1. Bid opening shall be on May 14, 2024 9:00am at the AGM for Administration Conference Room, 6/F MCWD Building. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity.
  1. The MCWD reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Sections 35.6 and 41 of the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA No. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
  1. For further information, please refer to:

 

Christine B. Caballes
Office of the BAC Secretariat
6th Floor, Metropolitan Cebu Water District
Cor. Magallanes and Lapulapu Streets, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)256 0422 mcwdbac2@gmail.com
www.mcwd.gov.ph

 

  1. You may visit the following websites:

 

For downloading of Bidding Documents: www.mcwd.gov.ph

 

 April 19, 2024

 

Elmer R. de Guzman
BAC 2 Chairperson