Procedure for the procurement of consulting service - DOH

DOH CUSTOMIZED PROCUREMENT MANUAL VOLUME 4 2010
STEP6. RECEIVE AND OPEN THE TECHNICAL AND
FINANCIAL ENVELOPES
1. LEGAL REFERENCE
Sections 25 to 31 of the revised IRR are the legal basis in receiving and opening of the technical
and financial envelopes.
2. PURPOSE
This is the phase wherein interested bidders formally submit their tender and the procuring entity
has to receive and check for presence and completeness of the signed offer or proposal to
undertake the services.
3. RULES AND GUIDELINES
3.1 Bid Defined
A Bid refers to a signed offer or proposal to undertake a contract submitted by a short
listed consultant in response to, and in consonance with, the requirements stated in the
bidding documents. “Bid” is also equivalent to and may be used interchangeably with
“Proposal” and “Tender” (Section 5.d of the revised IRR). A Bid has two components, the
Technical Proposal or the Technical Bid, and the Financial Proposal or the Financial Bid.
The Technical and Financial Bids must each be contained in separate sealed bid
envelopes (Section 25.1 of the revised IRR).
3.2 Receipt of Bid Proposal
Bids shall be received by the BAC on the date, time, and place specified in the REI. A
maximum period of seventy-five (75) calendar days from the last day of posting of the REI
up to the submission and receipt of bids shall be observed (Section 25.4.c of the revised
IRR).
3.3 Contents of the Technical Proposal
The Technical Proposal should contain, at the minimum, the following technical
information/documents:
a. Bid security in the prescribed form, amount and validity period;
b. Organizational chart for the contract to be bid;
c. List of completed and on-going projects;
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