The Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the Employer, through its Procuring Agent, Procurement Service Department of Budget

Management (PS-DBM), now invites eligible Bidders from ADB member countries to participate in the Open Competitive Bidding (OCB)
process for the procurement of Civil Works: (Viaducts, Bridges and Buildings) of the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP).

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

MALOLOS-CLARK RAILWAY PROJECT for
PACKAGES CP N-01, CP N-02 & CP N-03; CONSTRUCTION OF
CIVIL STRUCTURES: VIADUCTS, BRIDGES AND FIVE STATIONS

1. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Finance (DOF), has applied for a Loan (Reference Project No. 52083-002) from the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) towards the cost of the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP). It is intended that the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible expenditure under the Contracts for the procurement
of Civil Works: (Viaducts, Bridges and Buildings) of the project as designed by the Employer.

2. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the Employer, through its Procuring Agent, Procurement Service Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), now invites Sealed Bids in
One Envelope (Including Technical and Financial Bids) from eligible Bidders for the procurement of Packages CP N-01, CP N-02 and CP N-03 as follows:

WORKS BRIEF WORK DESCRIPTION EXTRACTS FROM THE ADB EVALUATION AND QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
Package CP N-01: Building and Civil Engineering Works for: 17km (Approx.) of Historical A Bidder or each member of a joint venture shall meet the et the
Railway Viaduct Structures, Railway viaduct including four balanced cantilever bridges Contract following:
Bridges and Two Stations. and two elevated steel framed station buildings. Non-Performance a) Non-performance of a contract did not occur as a result of
Package CP N-02: Building and Civil Engineering Works for: 16km (Approx.) (Applicable for Packages: contractor’s default since 1st January 2016.
Railway Viaduct Structures, of Railway viaduct, including one extradosed suspension b) All pending litigation shall be treated as resolved against the
CP N-01, Bidder and shall in total not represent more than fifty percent
Bridges and One Station. bridge and two balanced cantilever bridges. One elevated steel
framed station building.
CP N-02 & (50%) of the Bidder’s net worth.
Package CP N-03: Building and Civil Engineering Works for: 12km (Approx.) of CP N-03) c) No consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against
Railway Viaduct Structures, Railway viaduct, including four balanced cantilever bridges. the Bidder since 1st January 2014. A Bidder or each member
Bridges and Two Stations. Diversions and training of one km (approx..) of Sapang Balen of a joint venture shall meet the following:
river; and two elevated steel framed station buildings.
The Bidding Documents have been prepared separately for each package and shall be bid as separate
contracts. However, if the bidder wishes to propose multi-package discount, he may propose/ offer
Key Qualification** Criteria**
discount for the combination of any two or all three packages combined. Discount would be specified in Average Annual Bidder must have Average Annual Turnover of Over US$ One
Financial Standing

the letter of bid of the relevant combination of packages. The evaluation and qualification criteria for Construction Turnover Billion (1,000,000,000) per package. [Ref: Item 2.3.2]
multiple package discounts in Section 3 (Evaluation and Qualification Criteria) apply. Available Financial Bidder must have minimum available finances of US$ Sixty
Resources Million (60,000,000), per package. [Ref: Item 2.3.3]
3. ADB-financed works will be procured through open competitive bidding (OCB) in accordance
In the past ten years have substantially completed at least one
with ADB’s Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and Procurement Experience Contracts
Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time). project of over US$ Five Hundred Million (500,000,000).[Ref:
of Similar Value
Item 2.4.1]
4. OCB will be conducted in accordance with the procedures in the bid documents following the Bidder must be able to furnish a bank security of US$ Twelve
Bid Security
‘Single-Stage; One Envelope (including Technical and Financial Bids)’, without Million (12,000,000) for each package.[Ref: ITB 19.1]
prequalification. Bidder must demonstrate that he has adequate equipment to
Equipment to be
Resources

meet, 1) the employer’s quality and safety requirements, and 2)

The Bidder, and all parties constituting the Bidder, shall have the nationality of an ADB
Allocated
project timelines; for each package. [Vol 2, Sec 6]
member country. For more details on the eligibility of bidders and the origin of materials, Bidder must demonstrate that he has adequate Staff to meet 1)
equipment and services to be supplied under the Contract, please refer to the bid documents, Personnel Assigned the employer’s quality and safety requirements, and 2) project
in particular Section 1 (Instruction to Bidders), Section 2 (Bid Data Sheet) and Section 5 timelines; for each package. [Vol 2, Sec 6]
(Eligible Countries).
Bidder must demonstrate he has experience of building Railway
5. Interested Bidders may register for Bid Addendums, pre-bid conference and site visits or or Road viaducts of minimum length of 5km, including minimum
Viaducts
inspect Bid Documents at the office of PS-DBM, office address boxed below, from Mondays of 2km using P.C. match-cast segmental span-by-span
to Fridays during office hours from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. technique.*
Specific Experience

Bidder must have experience of building of pre-stressed concrete

Pre-stressed Concrete
6. An electronic copy of a complete set of the Bidding Documents (with the General Conditions bridges using continuous balanced cantilever method of length
Bridges
of Contract) may be downloaded from January 30th, 2019 from the Web Sites given in the Box not less than 200m.*
below, A hard copy of bid documents may be purchased by bidders upon the payment of a Cable Stayed Bidder must have experience at least one project including Cable
non-refundable fee of Philippine Pesos Fifty Thousand (PHP 50,000.00) for each Package, Suspension / Stayed Suspension / Extradosed Bridge (Applicable to Packages
during the office hours from 8:00AM to 5:00PM at the office of the PS-DBM. However, for Extradosed Bridge N-02 Only).*
the hard copies of the Bid Documents a written application would have to be submitted to PS- Elevated Railway Bidder must have experience at least one project including an
DBM and a notice period of three (3) working days is required. Station elevated railway station.*
A similar contract (continuous Railway or Road) in similar
7. PS-DBM will hold a Pre-Bid Conference details of which will be published on the DOTr Similar Climate
climate (monsoon, wet & dry season) of minimum One Hundred
Website. The Conference shall be open to all interested parties. Bidders may visit the site by Experience
following the site visit guidelines of which are in Volume I, Section 2, of the Bidding Million US Dollar (US$100,000,000).*
Documents.
*Note – Refer Volume I, Part 1, Section 3, EQC Item 2.4.2
** The Bidding Documents will prevail in case of any discrepancy between this Table and the
8. The provisions in the Instruction to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are
Bidding Documents
the provisions of the ADB Standard Bidding Documents June 2018.

9. Bids must be delivered to the office of PS-DBM on or before 10:00AM on May 10th, 2019 and
For further information, please refer to:
must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of United States Dollar Twelve Million
Engr. Estrellita G. Fule
(US$ 12,000,000.) for each package. If the Bid Security is in the form of a cashier’s or certified
Chairperson
check, it shall be payable to ‘PROCUREMENT SERVICE’.
Bids and Awards Committee IV.
Procurement Service
10. The Bids (Technical and Financial) will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representative PS-DBM Compound, RR Road,
who choose to attend at 10:00AM, on May 10th, 2019 at the office of Procurement Service. Cristobal Street, Paco, Manila, 1107 Metro Manila, Philippines
Telephone No.: +63 2 689 7750
Cost of Hard Copy of Bid Documents Per Package: PHP 50,000.00
Facsimile No.: +63 2 563 9361
Start of Issuance of Bidding Documents: January 30th 2019
Email Address: pd4@ps-philgeps.gov.ph
Date and Time of Pre-Bid Conference: Refer DOTr Website
Websites: www.ps-philgeps.gov.ph , www.dotr.gov.ph and www.pnr.gov.ph
Date and time of Deadline of Submission of Bids and
10:00AM, May 10th 2019
Opening of Bids: