Invitation to Bidfor
DISASTER RECOVERY DATA CENTER CO-LOCATION
AND ICT EQUIPMENT PHASE 2 (2nd Posting)(DOT-BAC IB No. 2020-007)
1. The Department of Tourism (DOT), through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2020
intends to apply the sum of Thirty Six Million Six Hundred Fifty Eight Thousand Three
Hundred Eight Pesos (PhP36,658,308.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)to payments under the Contract for DOT-BAC IB No. 2020-007. Bids received in excess of theABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals.
2. The DOT now invites bids for the Procurement of Disaster Recovery Data Center Co-Location
and ICT Equipment Phase 2 (2nd Posting). Bidders should have completed, within three (3)years from 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 Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a nondiscretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules andRegulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the “Government
Procurement Reform Act”.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations withat least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of thePhilippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant
similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183.
4. 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. only.
5. A complete et of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on 09-29
September, 2020 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m) and 30 September 2020 (9:00 a.m only) from theaddress below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant tothe latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos(PhP25,000.00).
Since most of the offices in DOT will continue to adopt the Work From Home (WFH)
arrangements, payments for bidding documents fee may be deposited to:• Account Name: Department of Tourism-Regular Trust• Account Number: 00-0-05002-407-4• Bank: Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)• Branch: F. Zobel Branch• Address: 809 J.P. Rizal corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Payments must be deposited before the deadline of the submission of bids at 9:00 a.m. on 30
September 2020. Please send a scanned copy of the proof of payment todot.bac@tourism.gov.ph with the following:• Name and Ref. No. of Project / Lot No.
• Amount Deposited
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of theProcuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding
Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

6. The DOT will hold a Virtual Pre-Bid Conference on 16 September, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. using
MS Teams platform. Prospective bidders are advised to send their email address to the DOTBAC Secretariat official email at dot.bac@tourism.gov.ph and jpvillamin@tourism.gov.ph
not later than 15 September, 2020, 5:00 p.m.
7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 30
September 2020 at 9:00 a.m. only. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of
the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITS Clause 18.
The address for opening of bids is Multi-Purpose Hall, 6th Floor, DOT Building,
No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City.
The Opening of Bids will be conducted through video conferencing using the MS
Teams platform on 30 September 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
Prospective bidders who are interested in doing the opening of bids must send thefollowing details to the BAC Secretariat via electronic mail at dot.bac@tourism.gov.ph notlater that 5:00 pm of 29 September 2020.
• Name of Representative(s) - maximum of two (2) per agency/company• Company Name
• Email Address/es• Contact Number/s
8. 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.
For further information, please refer to:
MR. GODOFREDO R. MALDONADO, JR.
DOT-BAC Head Secretariat
4" Floor, DOT Bldg., No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue,Makati City 459-52-00 to 30 loc. 425
dot.bac@tourism.gov.ph
www.tourism.gov.ph
grmaldonado@tourism.gov.ph

ASEC. ROBERTO P. ALABADO III
BAC Chairperson

09 September 2020