INVITATION TO BID
PROJECT MOBILEAP ADDITIONAL PAYMENT AGGREGATOR
Visayan Electric Company, Inc., Davao Light & Power Company Inc., Cotabato Light & Power Company, Subic Enerzone Corporation, Lima Enerzone Corporation, Mactan Enerzone Corporation, Balamban Enerzone Corporation, and 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 MobileAP Additional Payment Aggregator
Project Scope: Enabling of payment collection channels, payment processing, merchant account management, satisfy collection reportorial requirements and processes, assess and manage risks associated with processing payments for multiple merchants, ensure platform security and customer data against cyberattacks, integration of the platform to our channels (app and web), provide, provide configurable dashboard, allows for, and comply with relevant legal, financial, regulatory, and security requirements.
Distribution Utilities that will use the service: ○ 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 14,500 (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:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents | April 11, 2024 |
2. Pre-Bid Conference | April 23, 2024 |
3. Last Day to Submit Questions on the Bid Document | April 24, 2024 |
4. Deadline for Submission of Proposal | April 25, 2024 |
5. Opening of Eligibility Documents, Technical Bids, Contract Comments | April 26, 2024 |
6. Announcement of Eligible Bidders | April 26, 2024 |
7. Bidder Proposal Presentation & Question & Answer | May 6-7, 2024 |
8. Announcement of Shortlisted Bidders | May 8, 2024 |
9. Opening of Final Commercial/Financial Bids | May 10, 2024 |
10. Announcement of Winning Bidder | May 13, 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:
1. The Bidder must have been operating as a business for at least five (5) years by the time of the Pre-Bid Conference.
2. The Bidder must have implemented this service (any version) to at least three (3) companies as clients each with at least a customer base size of two hundred thousand (200,000) or more customers.
3. 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. Joseph Canen, thru email at joseph.canen@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 12, 2024, @ 3:00 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