Invitation to Bid

1. The Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC) is inviting all interested and qualified bidders to bid for the preventive maintenance of centralized airconditioning units, and other mechanical equipment of Jade Building, No. 335 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City for a period of three years.

2. The bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria as specified in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) of Republic Act  9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act.”
   
   
3. The Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) of P960,000.00 is chargeable against Corporate Funds.

4. Bid documents will be available during office hours starting May 5, 2014 until May 26, 2014, at the HGC BAC Secretariat, Administrative Department, Second Floor Jade Bldg., 335 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P1,000.00 to the HGC Cashier.

5. A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m., on May 13, 2014, at the HGC Conference Room, 3rd Floor Jade Bldg., 335 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City.

6. Three (3) sealed bid envelopes containing the (A) Eligibility Requirements, (B) Technical Bid Proposal and (C) Financial Bid Proposal shall be dropped inside the “bid box” placed at the Security Guard station, Ground Floor Lobby of Jade Building on or before 2:00 p.m. of May 27, 2014.  Thereafter, the bids shall be opened in the presence of the bidders or their representatives at the HGC Conference Room, 3rd  Floor Jade Bldg., 335 Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City.  The sealed bid envelopes shall be addressed to the Vice-Chair, Bids and Awards Committee. 

7. For other inquiries, please call the HGC BAC Secretariat at telephone Nos. 897-32-94 and 897-32-66.
   
   
8. The HGC reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not to award the contract in the following situations:
   1. If there is prima facie evidence of collusion between appropriate public officers or employees of the procuring entity, or between the BAC and any of the bidders, or if the collusion is between or among the bidders themselves, or between a bidder and a third party, including any act which restricts, suppresses or nullifies or tends to restrict, suppress or nullify competition;
   2. If the BAC is found to have failed in following the prescribed bidding procedures; or
   3. For any justifiable and reasonable ground where the award of the contract will not redound to the benefit of the Government as follows:
   • If the physical and economic conditions have significantly  changed so as to render the project no longer economically, financially or technically feasible;
   • If the project is no longer necessary, and;
   • If the source of funds for the project has been withheld or reduced through no fault of HGC.