Department of Social Welfare and Development

Field Office V, Legazpi City

Invitation to Bid

for the Furnish of Food and Accommodation

for the Conduct of Roll-out on Capability Building of 4Ps Parent Leaders

for Set 4 Areas in Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte

1. The Department of Social Welfare and Development, Field Office V, through the Centrally-Managed Fund for 2012 intends to apply the sum of THIRTEEN MILLION EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND (PHP13,086,000.00) PESOS ONLY being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for IAEB No. GOP/12-DSWD-01. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The Department of Social Welfare and Development, Field Office V now invites bids for the Furnish of Food and Accommodation for the conduct of Roll-out on Capability Building of 4Ps Parent Leaders for Set 4 Areas in Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte. Delivery of the Goods is required per approved final schedule. Bidders should have completed, within two years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description 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 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”.

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 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Social Welfare and Development, FO V and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00AM to 5:00PM starting January 23, 2012.

A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders starting January 23, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of THIRTEEN THOUSAND (Php 13,000.00) PESOS ONLY.

5. The Department of Social Welfare and Development, FO V will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on January 30, 2011, 10:00AM at DSWDFO V Conference Room, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 9:00 a.m., February 13, 2012. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

Bid opening shall be on February 13, 2012, 9:00AM at DSWD Conference Room. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

7. The Department of Social Welfare and Development, FO V 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.

8. For further information, please refer to:

EDLYN M. BAÑGATE, Member, BAC Secretariat

DSWD FO V, Buraguis, Legazpi City

Tel.: (052) 480-5753/Telefax: (052)480-5754

“Agta” is the generic term used in Bicol to refer to the 40,000 natives with dark colored skins, short stature and kinky hair. In Camarines Norte wherein these  group manage to preserve their indigenous culture, call themselves “Kabihugs”.

There are 19 Kabihug tribes in Camarines Norte. They are in the towns of Basud, Capalonga, Jose Panganiban, Labo, Paracale, San Lorenzo Ruiz and Sta Elena.

For years just like any Kabihugs, the tribe from Barangay Guisican in Labo, Camarines Norte have drifted frorm one mountain to another, build temporary elevated shelter called “butukan”. This is made from  tree branches and leaves. The other parts  of their shelter are upper compartment called “tinahaw.” For their subsistence and livelihood, the Kabihugs grow root crops rice and vegetables. Rice is often hard to come by but is readily substituted with a boiled root crop called “dugma.”