Comelec to conduct bidding for uniforms of employees and BEIs on Election Day

MANILA—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be providing uniforms to its employees and members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) on May 9, Election Day.

With this, the Comelec–Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is inviting interested bidders to supply for Comelec Employees Election Day T-shirts numbering to over 6,000 and close to 300,000 BEI Election Day uniforms.

According to its Invitation to Bid, the poll body will need suppliers for 277,527 pieces of BEI Election Day uniforms (Lot 1) as well as 6,158 pieces of Comelec Employees Election Day T-shirts (Lot 2).

The Lot 1 has an Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) of Php20,814,525, at Php75 each, while for Lot 2, the ABC will be Php1,231,600, with every shirt at Php200.

“Bids received in excess of the ABC per item shall be automatically rejected at bid opening,” said the Comelec–BAC.

The complete set of Bidding Documents, which amounts to Php25,000 for Lot 1 and Php5,000 for Lot 2, which have been available since March 22 until April 13, may be purchased at the BAC Secretariat Office located at the 7th Floor, Palacio del Gobernador Bldg. in Intramuros, Manila, Mondays to Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Pre-Bid Conference has been set on March 30 at 2 p.m. at the EBAD Conference Room also at the said building.

The Submission of Bids will be on April 13 on or before 9 a.m. at the BAC Secretariat Office while the Opening of Bids will happen an hour later on the same day at the EBAD Conference Room.