PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR THE THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, LICENSING, CLOUD HOSTING AND OPERATIONS OF THE BUILD BUILD BUILD PORTAL

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR THE THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, LICENSING, CLOUD HOSTING AND OPERATIONS OF THE BUILD BUILD BUILD PORTAL

1. The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), through its 2020 Corporate Budget intends to apply the sum of Six Million Six Hundred Pesos (Php6,600,000.00), inclusive of all applicable taxes and fees, being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments for Consultancy Service for the Annual Maintenance, Licensing, Cloud Hosting and Operations of the Build Build Build Portal.  Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.

2. BCDA now calls for the submission of Eligibility Documents for the Consultancy Services for the Annual Maintenance, Licensing, CLoud Hosting and Operations of the Build Build Build Portal. Eligibility Documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Secretariat on or before 17 November 2020 (Tuesday) at 2:00 PM at the BCDA Corporate Center, 2/F Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st Street corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila. The opening of the Eligibility Documents shall be on 17 November 2020 (Tuesday) at 3:00 PM at the BCDA Corporate Center. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from BCDA and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during office hours between 08:00 AM and 05:00 PM.
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders between 20 November 2020 (Friday) and 11 December 2020 (Friday) from the address below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (₱10,000.00).

It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of BCDA; provided that Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

5. The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Expression of Interest (EOI), including the Eligibility Documents, and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of not more than five (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:

The Consultants must garner a score of at least sixty percent (60%) to be qualified for short listing, but only the Bidders ranked top five (5) of the list are to be included in the final short listing.

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 restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

7. BCDA shall evaluate bids using the Quality Based Evaluation (QBE) procedure. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders (ITB).
8. The maintenance of the BBB Portal, with all its features, shall be completed within one (1) year. This means that the BBB Portal is running on the Cloud Platform.  The contract with the consultant shall be for a period of one (1) year including cloud hosting, licenses, operations, jobs portal monitoring and maintenance and a warranty period of three (3) months. 
9. BCDA will hold a Pre-Eligibility Conference (online coverage) on 09 November 2020 (Monday) at 3:00 PM at the BCDA Corporate Center, 2/F Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st Street corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila and via video conferencing thru Google Meet which shall be open to prospective bidders.  To be able to join the online Pre-Eligibility Conference, a scanned written request shall be made/emailed to the BAC Secretariat.
10. BCDA 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 Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. Further, BCDA reserves the right to waive minor defects in the forms and requirements as long as they do not affect the genuineness and authenticity of the documents submitted.
11. For further information, please refer to:

STEVENSON E. TUGAS, JR.

Head of Secretariat, BAC for Consulting Services

Bases Conversion and Development Authority

BCDA Corporate Center, 2/F Bonifacio Technology Center

31st Street corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City

Taguig City, Metro Manila

Tel. No.: (632) 8575-1753

Email: setugas@bcda.gov.ph

              SGD

    JOSHUA M. BINGCANG

    Chairperson

    BAC for Consulting Services