REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE
Procurement of Consulting Services for the Development of Human Resource
Information System (HRIS)
1. The Department of Tourism (DOT), through the General Appropriations Act 2020 intends toapply the sum of Nine Million Five Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Pesos (PhP9,546,000.00)
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for DOTBAC-REI No. 2020-019. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at
the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The DOT now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the Procurement ofConsulting Services for the Development of Human Resource Information System.
Eligibility documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat
on or before 05 November 2020 until 9:00 a.m. only at the Procurement ManagementDivision, 4th Floor, DOT Bldg., No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City. Eligibility
Check will be on the same day, to be held at the 6th floor Multi-Purpose Hall, DOT Bldg.,
351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City at 10:00 a.m. Applications for eligibility will beevaluated based on a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DOT and inspect the Bidding Documents
at the address given below during 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on 29 October to04 November 2020 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) from the address below.
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.
5. The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Expressionof Interest, including the eligibility documents, and have been determined as eligible inaccordance 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 short list shall consist of five (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The
criteria and rating system for short listing are:
Applicable experience of the consultant and members in case of joint ventures,considering both the overall experiences of the firms or, in the case of new
firms, the individual experiences of the principal and key staff, including thetimes when employed by other consultants (30%);

Qualification of personnel who may be assigned to the job vis-à-vis extent andcomplexity of the undertaking (60%); and

Current workload relative to capacity (10%);
Passing Rate: 70%

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, andpartnerships 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 toBidders.
8. The contract shall be for six (6) months from the receipt of the Consultant of the Notice toProceed
9.

The DOT 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 andits IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

10. For further information, please refer to:
Mr. GODOFREDO R. MALDONADO, JR.
Head, DOT-BAC Secretariat
Procurement Management Division, 4th Floor, DOT Bldg.
351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Telephone Nos. 459-5200 to 30 loc. 425
Email Address: grmaldonado@tourism.gov.ph/dot.bac@tourism.gov.ph
Facsimile No.: 459 5200 to 30 Loc. 425
Website Address: www.tourism.gov.ph
28 October 2020

ASEC. ROBERTO P. ALABADO III
DOT-BAC Chairperson