REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN (VISAYAS)

Department of Agriculture RO-7 Compound, M. Velez St., Guadalupe, 6000 Cebu City

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID

The OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR THE VISAYAS, thru its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites all interested and legitimate contractors to apply for eligibility and submit bids for the supply of labor, tools/ equipment and necessary supplies in performing and rendering the following services for the Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas) located at the compound of the Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office No. VII, M. Velez St., Guadalupe, Cebu City.

APPROVED BUDGET

FOR THE CONTRACT

(As per Memoranda

dated October 24, 2012

& January 25, 2013)

SECURITY SERVICES P1,624,111.92

for Ombudsman-Visayas (Cebu City) for FY 2013

Eight (8) Security Guards for seven (7) days

Two (2) Security Guards for five (5) days

In order to qualify for participation in the public bidding, the bidders should conform to the eligibility criteria as prescribed under Section 23 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184, as per GPPB Resolution No. 03-2009, approved on 22 July 2009.

Eligibility requirements and bid forms, tender documents and request for quotation shall be available at the BAC Secretariat, Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas) c/o Atty. Eleanor R. Tayad-De Mira, Tel. No. 412-5440 local 316, within the government prescribed office hours, upon payment of non-refundable fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 2,500.00) only.

The complete schedule of activities is listed as follows:

Availability of Bidding Documents - February 20, 2013-March 19, 2013

Before the Deadline for the

Submission of Bids c/o BAC Secretariat

Pre-Bidding Conference - March 5, 2013

3rd Floor, Hearing Room

Omb Vis. Bldg.

2:00 P.M.

Deadline for Submission and Opening of Bids - March 19, 2013

3rd Floor, Hearing Room

Omb Vis. Bldg.

2.00 P.M.

Post Qualification - March 20-27, 2013

Notice of Award - April 5, 2013

All particulars relative to the eligibility process, bidding, evaluation of bids, post-qualification and award of contract shall be governed by the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, as per GPPB Resolution No. 03-2009.

The Bids and Awards Committee of the Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas), Cebu City, reserves the right to reject any of all bids, to waive any defect or informality therein and assumes no obligation whatsoever to compensate or indemnify any expenses that the bidder may incur in the preparation of bids and to accept the offer most advantageous to the government.

This Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid is posted at Phil.GEPS and Ombudsman websites, and at the ground floor lobby of the Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas) Building, Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office No. VII Compound, M. Velez St., Guadalupe, Cebu City.

(SGD) LLORENE GRACE RAZO-OMPOD

Graft Investigation & Prosecution Officer II

Chairman, BAC