INVITATION TO BID
Project Crown Systems Integrator
Visayan Electric Company, Inc., Davao Light & Power Company Inc., Cotabato Light & Power Company, Subic Enerzone Corporation, Mactan Enerzone Corporation, Balamban Enerzone Corporation, Lima Enerzone Corporation, Malvar Enerzone Corporation through their Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invite all prospective bidders to apply eligibility and bid for the:
Name of Project: Project Crown Systems Integrator
Project Scope: Implementation of Oracle Customer Cloud Services (CCS) to support these processes: Service Application / Contracting / Switching, Meter Reading, Billing & Invoicing, Collection, Debt Management, Integration with Accounting System, Customer Care, Field Order Management, Fraud Management, Prepaid Managemen, Rate Making, and Meter Data Management.
Distribution Utilities that will use the CIS and MDM system:
Visayan Electric Company, Inc.
Davao Light & Power Company Inc.
Cotabato Light & Power Company
Subic Enerzone Corporation
Mactan Enerzone Corporation
Balamban Enerzone Corporation
Lima Enerzone Corporation
Malvar Enerzone Corporation
Bid Document Fee: Php 60,000 (non-refundable)
The timeline of procurement activities is shown below. The date and/or time of each activity may change due to unforeseen circumstances subject to the issuance of a bid bulletin:
| March 25, 2024 |
2. Pre-Bid Conference | April 1, 2024 |
3. Last Day to Submit Questions on the Bid Document | April 2, 2024 |
4. Deadline for Submission of Proposal | April 18, 2024 |
5. Opening of Eligibility Documents, Technical Bids, Contract Comments | Between April 19-25, 2024 |
6. Announcement of Eligible Bidders | April 26, 2024 |
7. Announcement of Shortlisted Bidders | May 7, 2024 |
8. Bidder Proposal Presentation & Question & Answer | May 8-15, 2024 |
9. Opening of Commercial / Financial Bids | May 30, 2024 |
10. Announcement of Winning Bidder | June 28, 2024 |
Procurement will be conducted through an open competitive bidding procedure. To bid for this contract, the prospective bidder (the “Bidder”) must first submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and meet the following eligibility criteria before being considered for technical evaluation:
The Bidder must have been operating as a business for at least Ten (10) years by the time of the Pre-Bid Conference.
The Bidder must have implemented Oracle’s CIS (any version) to at least three (3) distribution utilities as clients each with at least a customer base size of one (1) million or more customers. These clients must be geographically located separately in at least two (2) different countries.
The Bidder must have implemented Oracle’s MDM (any version) to at least one (1) distribution utility.
The Bidder must not have been blacklisted or disbarred/sanctioned by any national agency, foreign governments, international organizations, local and international financial institutions, and other procuring entities.
Bidders may associate with each other to complement their respective areas of expertise, strengthen their technical capabilities to become eligible, and provide a competitive proposal. Interested bidders may submit their LOI and address their queries to the Bid Manager, Mr. Hemmy Dolino, thru email at hemmy.dolino@visayanelectric.com. Interested bidders must sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to the release of the Bidding Documents.
The Bid Manager shall issue the Bidding Documents (BD) to complying parties via email, during office hours, after payment of the Bid Document Fee.
The Bid Manager will hold an online Pre-bidding Conference (through Google Meet) to discuss the details of the project and questions arising from the BDs, on April 1, 2024, @ 2:00 PM. The meeting link will be provided prior to the schedule of the Pre-bidding conference.
The Bids and Awards Committee 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 hereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
Very truly yours,
Bids and Awards Committee
Aboitiz Power - Distribution Utilities
Aboitiz Power Corporation,
Gov. Manuel A. Cuenco Ave., Kasambagan,
Cebu City, Philippines
SGD. Clovis B. Racho
Chairperson, Bids and Awards Committee