REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)
PHILIPPINE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (PRDP)
Hiring of Consultancy Services (Individual Consultant)
Solicitation No. 2018-243
EPC: Php 216,000.00

1. The Government of the Philippines has applied for a loan from the World Bank towards the cost of the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payment for the cost of the Technical Assistance (TA), chargeable against FY 2018 General Appropriation Act (GAA) RA10964 and will be reimbursed from the proceeds of the loan.

2. The Department of Agriculture hereinafter referred to as the “End-User” now requests you to submit Expressions of Interest for the HIRING OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT namely:

ITEM NO.: (PR NO. 2018-08-503)
ITEM/DESCRIPTION: Compliance Officer
QUANTITY/UNIT: 1 person x 4 months
UNIT PRICE: 54,000.00
GRAND TOTAL
Php 216,000.00

(Please see attached Terms of Reference)

3. A set of Terms of Reference (TOR) is provided in Attachment 1.

4. Bidding procedures will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the World Bank Guidelines and taking into consideration the related provisions in the Project Loan Agreement and Guidelines in the Procurement under IBRD loans and IDA credits. The individual consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedure set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2011.

5.Interested proponents shall submit their Expression of Interest and one copy of Curriculum Vitae and supporting documents, if necessary and shall be placed in a sealed envelope marked “HIRING OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES (COMPLIANCE OFFICER) (SOLICITATION NO. 2018-243)

6.Expressions of Interest (EOI) must be delivered at the address below not later than 10:00 AM of September 5, 2018.

Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO)
DA-RFO 4A Building, 3rd Floor

7.The Department of Agriculture reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC) process or reject all EOIs at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/bidders.

FELIX I. RAMOS
Chairperson, Bids and Awards Committee