PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC EC), through its Corporate Budget of 2008 intends to apply the sum of Php1,200,000.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Engineering and Architectural Design and Project Management Services for PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC EC) Head Office Building Renovation (the “Project”). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of financial proposal. Eligibility Documents may be secured from the Procurement Section (c/o Mr. George N. Alejandro) starting April 4, 2008upon presentation of a Letter of Intent and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of PESOS: One Thousand Five Hundred (Php1,500.00). Eligibility of prospective consultants shall be based on compliance with the eligibility requirements, using a non-discretionary pass/fail criteria, as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations-A (IRR-A) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9184 or The Government Procurement Reform Act. The deadline for the submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) from prospective bidders is on or before April 14, 2008 at 4:00 P.M., while the deadline for the submission of accomplished Eligibility Documents is on or before April 18, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. Late submission of eligibility documents shall not be accepted. Only those short listed consultants will be entitled to submit bids.

The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted LOI and have been determined as eligible both in accordance with the provisions of R. A. No. 9184 and its IRR-A. The short list of prospective bidders shall consist of [ 3 to 7] consultants. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:

• Applicable experience - 40%
• Qualification of personnel to be assigned to the job - 40%
(education, work experience, number of years in firm, etc)
• Current work load relative to capacity - 20%

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures as specified in the IRR-A of R.A. 9184, and is restricted, unless otherwise stated, to Filipino citizens or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest belonging to citizens of the Philippines. In accordance with IRR-A of R.A 9184, only bids from short listed consultants will be opened. The process for the eligibility check is described in the Eligibility Documents. In accordance with the IRR-A of R.A. No. 9184 the contract will only be awarded to the Highest Rated and Responsive Bidder who was determined as such during post-qualification. P NOC EC shall evaluate bids using Quality-Cost Based Evaluation (QCBE) procedure.

For the purpose of clarifying certain issues, a pre-bid conference will be held on April 25, 2008, 2:00 P.M.at the PNOC EC Head Office, Energy Center, Ft. Bonifacio, Taguig City. B ids (Technical and Financial Proposals) must be submitted in three (3) sets each to PNOC EC’s Bids and Awards Committee, Bldg. 1, Energy Center, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City not later than 2:00 P.M. on May 7, 2008. The bids shall be publicly opened immediately thereafter. Late Bids shall not be accepted.

PNOC EC reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all Bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders.

This publication is also posted in our website at www.pnoc-ec.com.ph and in the DBM website at www.procurementservice.net.