DOT-BAC-IB NO. 2019-001

INVITATION TO BID (IB)The Department of Tourism - Bids and Awards Committee (DOT-BAC), invites PhilGEPS registered suppliers/contractors
to bid for the hereunder project:
Name of Project:

PROCUREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TICKET REQUIREMENTS
FOR ROUTES ASIA 2019

Brief description of the Project:

Services of a local tour operator or travel agency based in Metro Manila engaged
in the business of providing airline tickets

Approved Budget for the Contract:

Six Million Four Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventeen
Philippine Pesos (PhP 6,485,417.00)

Contract Duration:

Please see attached Terms of Reference

Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the last three (3) years with an amountof at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinationof Bids shall use non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria. Post-qualification of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Check, Preliminary Examination of Bids, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisionsof R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:Activities
1. Issuance and availability of Bidding Documents

2. Pre-bid Conference

3. Request for Clarification
4. Supplemental / Bid Bulletin
5. Submission and Receipt of Bids

6. Opening of Bids and Eligibility Check

Schedule
January 28 to February 15, 2019 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
February 18, 2019 (until 9:00 a.m. only)
4th Floor, DOT Building, No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave.,
Makati City
February 4, 2019 (10:00 a.m.)
4th Floor Conference Room, DOT Building, No. 351 Sen.
Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Until February 8, 2019
February 11, 2019
on or before February 18, 2019 until 9:00 a.m. only
4th Floor, DOT Building, No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave.,
Makati City
February 18, 2019 (10:00 a.m.)
4th Floor Conference Room, DOT Building, No. 351 Sen.
Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City

Bid Documents may be obtained at the DOT-BAC Secretariat c/o Ms. Maria Alma O. Almazan., at 4th Floor, DOT Building,
No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City (Tel. Nos. 459-5200 to 30 loc. 425) upon payment of non-refundable fee of Ten
Thousand Philippine Pesos (PhP10,000.00), to the DOT Cashier, Ground Floor, DOT Building, No. 351 Sen. Gil Puyat
Ave., Makati City. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes labeled Technical Envelope and Financial Envelope
addressed to the undersigned.
The DOT reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding at any time prior to the contract award, ornot to award the contract, without thereby incurring any liability, and make no assurance that a contract shall be enteredinto as a result of the bidding. Likewise, the DOT may waive any minor defect therein and accept the offer mostadvantageous to the government. Further, the DOT assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify
bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.
Approved by:

ASEC. ROBERTO P. ALABADO III
DOT-BAC Chairperson
Date of Postings:
Phil-GEPS website : January 26 to February 18, 2019
DOT website: January 26 to February 18, 2019
DOT Bulletin Board: January 26 to February 18, 2019