Tender Document

Description

1. The National Tax Research Center (NTRC), through the FY 2025 General Appropriations Act intends to apply the sum of Ten Million Pesos Only (Php 10,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Phase 2 Development and Enhancement of the Fiscal Incentives Registration and Monitoring System with Identification No. PB-CB-2025-004. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The NTRC now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the abovementioned Project. Eligibility documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat on or before the schedule provided below. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
DATE ACTIVITY
02 April 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Deadline for Submission of Eligibility Documents
02 April 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Opening of Eligibility Documents

3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from NTRC BAC Secretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

NTRC Office, 8th Floor, EDPC Bldg., BSP Complex,
Roxas Blvd. Cor. P. Ocampo St., Malate, Manila
(Landmark: Near the Department of Finance, Malate. Manila)

4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on 24 March 2025 from the 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 Ten Thousand Pesos Only (Php 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 the Procuring Entity, 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, including the 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 shortlist may consist of only at least one (1) prospective bidder who will be entitled to submit bids provided that it pass the eligibility check, and pass the minimum score to be in the shortlist. The BAC shall invite the short listed consultants through the Notice of Eligibility and Short Listing. The short listed consultants shall then be required to pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:
Criteria Points
A. Firm experience 50
B. Qualification of personnel 30
C. Current workload relative to job capacity 20
Total 100

Note: Minimum points required: 70 points provided that no score for the below criterion is lower than 50% of the maximum allocated points.

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. The Procuring Entity 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.
8. The contract shall be completed within twenty-five (25) months.
9. The NTRC 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.
10. For further information, please refer to Mr. Brandon Jorjs V. Holgado, Chairperson of the BAC Secretariat, through email address at bacsecretariat@ntrc.gov.ph or telephone number at (02) 5322-4401 local 7001.