Solicitation Number: 0306222024 Trade Agreement: Implementing Rules and Regulations Procurement Mode: Public Bidding Classification: Goods Category: Books, Maps and Other Publications Approved Budget for the Contract: PHP 2,000,000.00  Delivery Period: 1 Year/s Client Agency: Contact Person: Michelle A Supena Member, BAC Secretariat - Goods and Services NEUST, Gen.Tinio St., Cabanatuan city Cabanatuan City Nueva Ecija Philippines 3100 63-44-4630226 neust.bacsec@gmail.com	Status	Closed
	Associated Components	1
	Bid Supplements	1
	Document Request List	5
	Date Published	24/06/2024
	Last Updated / Time	15/07/2024 15:51 PM
	Closing Date / Time	22/07/2024 16:00 PM
Description   INVITATION TO BID The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), hereby invites all interested entities registered with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) to bid for the hereunder project, subject to the General Conditions stated herein. Name of Project: ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO MEDICAL E-BOOKS AND E-JOURNALS FOR NEUST MEDICINE Location: NEUST Cabanatuan City Approved Budget for the Contract: Php2,000,000.00 Contract Duration: One (1) year subscription access Source of Fund: INCOME Cost of Bidding Documents: Php5,000.00 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 1LOT/PACKAGE - SUBSCRIPTION TO MEDICAL E-BOOKS AND E-JOURNALS FOR NEUST MEDICINE Item No. Qty UOM Item Description 1 1 Lot/Package E-books: -a comprehensive online medical resource that provides a complete spectrum of knowledge from the best minds in medicine, with essential information accessible anywhere authoritative, trusted, and continuously updated with optimized content for any mobile device; -The comprehensive online medical resource is guided by a preeminent Advisory Board that includes the medical field’s top academic experts; -Provides medical students with a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies and clerkships; helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks that facilitate decision making at the point-of-care; and allows practicing physicians to brush up on their medical knowledge to ensure the best patient outcome. E-Journals: -Premium peer-reviewed content from international, medical, scientific and academic content producers. -An interface -database/clinical tool that is used to search and provides quick answers to physicians’ questions based on relevant, current full text content. - Designed from a clinical, evidence-based perspective and ensures that results are meaningful to a practicing physician. - All journals are scholarly, peer reviewed and non-embargoed on Ovid. - Over 65% of all journals have an impact factor. - Designed for institutions with more intensive medical information needs, includes just about every one of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ highly respected titles, from the essential core journals to specialized resources in areas such as nursing and bioscience, to help round up your knowledge base. - With LWW Total Access Collection and virtual access to all of LWW’s electronic journal content. - Journals are “official” titles of prestigious societies and associations and no journals in the collection are under any embargoes. The summary of the bidding activities is as follows: Activities Schedule 1. Advertisement June 24, 2024-July 1, 2024 2. Issuance of Bid Documents July 2-15, 2024 3. Pre-bid Conference July 2, 2024, 9:00AM (via Zoom) 4. Deadline for Submission of Bids (Manual Submission) July 15, 2024, until 4:00PM BAC Conference Room, Gen. Tinio (St.) Campus, Cabanatuan City 5. Opening of Bids (Face to Face) July 16, 2024, 9:00 AM BAC Conference Room, Gen. Tinio (St.) Campus, Cabanatuan City GENERAL CONDITIONS: All particulars to the Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-bidding Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised 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 business organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or ownership of at least 60% of the outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or business organizations of a country where the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders from July 2-15, 2024 upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the deadline for submission of bids. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before July 15, 2024, until 4:00PM. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the PBD. Late bids shall not be accepted. On the last day for the submission of bids and no prospective bidder/s submitted its bid documents or only one (1) bid was submitted for the above-mentioned project, the same is deemed extended until July 22, 2024, 4:00 PM. This is to protect the interest of the University and full opportunity for a competitive bidding may be achieved; The University likewise reserves the right to cause extension or postponement of the filing of bids should similar situation arises. Bid opening shall be on July 16, 2024, 9:00 AM at the BAC Conference Room, Gen. Tinio (St.) Campus, Cabanatuan City unless extended. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder or his/her/its duly authorized representative/s. Failure to attend during the opening of bids shall be considered a waiver on the part of the bidder who likewise waives his/her/its right to raise questions during the bidding procedures. The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For more information concerning this bidding, please contact the following: ENGR. JOEL G. DE MESA Head, BAC Secretariat for Goods and Services NEUST Gen. Tinio St., Cabanatuan City Email Address: neust.bacsec@gmail.com Approved by: DR. HONORATO P. PANAHON BAC Chairperson Pre-bid Conference Date Time Venue 02/07/2024 9:00:00 AM via Zoom Platform Other Information Please submit Letter of Intent addressed to: DR. HONORATO P. PANAHON BAC Chairperson
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