REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE
Procurement of Consulting Services for theDepartment of Tourism’s Sustainable Tourism Campaign
1. The Department of Tourism (DOT), through the General Appropriations Act 2021 intends
to apply the sum of Twenty Million Pesos (PhP20,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for DOT-BAC-REI No. 2021-006.
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of thefinancial proposals.
2. The DOT now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the Procurement ofConsulting Services for the Department of Tourism’s Sustainable Tourism Campaign.
Eligibility documents of interested consultants must be duly received by the BAC
Secretariat on or before 10 May 2021 until 9:00 a.m. only at the Procurement
Management Division, 4th Floor, DOT Bldg., No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, MakatiCity. 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 11:00 a.m., simultaneously
thru MS Teams (virtual platform). Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based ona non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DOT and inspect the BiddingDocuments at the address given below during 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders on 03 to 07
May 2021 (8:00 a.m. to 3:00 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
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 short list shall consist of five (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled tosubmit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:
Applicable experience of the consultant and members in case of jointventures, considering both the overall experiences of the firms or, in thecase of new firms, the individual experiences of the principal and key staff,
including the times when employed by other consultants (60%);

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Qualification of personnel who may be assigned to the job vis-à-vis extent
and complexity of the undertaking (20%); and

Current workload relative to capacity (20%);
Passing Rate: 80%

6. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary “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 theInstructions to Bidders.
8. The contract shall be for five (5) months from the receipt of the Consultant of the Notice toProceed;
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The DOT reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or notaward 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. 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.phFacsimile No.: 459 5200 to 30 Loc. 425
Website Address: www.tourism.gov.ph
30 April 2021

Usec. ROBERTO P. ALABADO III
BAC Chairperson