1. The Pag-IBIG Fund Corporate Headquarters, through Y2022 Corporate Budget intends to apply the sum of Thirty-Six Million Pesos (PhP36,000,000.00), inclusive of all applicable taxes, being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Supply, Delivery and Implementation of Wide Area Network (WAN) Bandwidth Accelerators. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. Pag-IBIG Fund invites bids for the above Procurement Project. Delivery of Goods is required within One Hundred Twenty (120) calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed. Warranty of Wide Area Network (WAN) Bandwidth Accelerators should be for a period of three (3) years, commencing from the date of Certificate of Acceptance.

Bidders should have completed, within five (5) years immediately preceding 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 the Pag-IBIG Fund BAC Secretariat through the contact details given below and inspect the Bidding Documents as posted at the websites of the Pag-IBIG Fund and the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS).

5. 5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders starting March 25, 2022, from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., from the Pag-IBIG Fund BAC-ITR Secretariat at the Pag-IBIG Fund Reception Counter, Ground Floor Lobby, Petron MegaPlaza, 358 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (PhP25,000.00).