Supply, Delivery and Installation of Turnkey System for Secondary Battery Testing for the Bureau of Philippine Standards – Product Testing Division

1. The Department of Trade and Industry, through the General Appropriation Act for CY 2021 and/or continuing appropriations intends to apply the following items below being the ABC to payments under the contract hereunder projects.

Lot No. Deion Approved Budget of the Contract (ABC)

1 Secondary Battery Safety Test PhP20,600,000.00

2 Secondary Battery Performance Test PhP2,200,000.00

Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The Department of Trade and Industry now invites bids, for the second time, for the Procurement on the Supply, Delivery and Installation of Turnkey System for Secondary Battery Testing for the Bureau of Philippine Standards – Product Testing Division (Bidding No. 21-005A). Delivery of the Goods is required within six (6) months. Bidders should have completed, within three (3) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The deion of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II (Instructions to Bidders).

3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non- discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, 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 No. 5183.

4. Prospective Bidders may obtain further information from Department of Trade and Industry and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during office hours from 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on 15 April 2021 from the given address and website(s) 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 Five Thousand Pesos (PhP5,000.00) for ABC amounting to more than PhP1,000,000.00 up to PhP5,000,000.00, and Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (PhP25,000.00) for ABC amounting to more than PhP10,000,000.00 up to PhP50,000,000.00. The Procuring Entity shall allow the bidder to present its proof of payment for the fees in person or via electronic mail.

6. The Department of Trade and Industry will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 22 April 2021, 9:30AM through video conferencing or webcasting via Zoom, which shall be open to prospective bidders. Zoom Meeting is contained in Section III (Bid Data Sheet).

7. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat through (i) manual submission at the office address indicated below, (ii) online or electronic submission as indicated below, or (iii) both on or before 9 AM of 05 May 2021. Late bids shall not be accepted.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 14.

9. Bid opening shall be on 05 May 2021, 9:30AM at the Center Conference Room, Trade & Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City and/or via Zoom. Zoom Meeting is contained in Section III (Bid Data Sheet). Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the activity.

10. The bidders may submit their bids in any of the following form:

10.1. Physical submission of the documents on the address stated below; or

10.2. Electronic submission of bids with the following guidelines:

10.2.1. The Bidder shall submit three (3) set of files of the same documents in PDF format, NOT EDITABLE, with different individual password before the set deadline. The Encryption Key and Password shall be submitted during the opening of the bids of the concerned bidder.

10.2.2. The Bidder shall have the full responsibility on securing the files submitted are not corrupted. The DTI-BAC shall have three (3) attempts to open the submitted files.

• If the first file was successfully opened, the two (2) remaining files shall be disregarded.

• If the first file was corrupted, the DTI-BAC shall open the second file. If the second file was successfully opened, the first and third file shall be disregarded.

• If the first and second file were corrupted, the third file shall be opened.

• If the third file was corrupted, the bidder shall be automatically disqualified.

11. The Department of Trade and Industry 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 Sections 35.6 and 41 of the 2016 revised IRR of RA No. 9184, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.