TACLOBAN CITY – DILG Region 08’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) conducted its 1st Online Pre-bid Conference for the procurement of one (1) lot of ICT software licenses with lifetime/perpetual validity for the Regional Office, on November 16, 2022 at the DILG Peace and Resilience Center (PRC) Building, Tacloban City.

Seven Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 700,000.00) was received by DILG 08 from the Central Office for the procurement of the mentioned licenses, to complement the day-to-day operations of the office.

Online bidding was resorted to by the BAC in order to gather a larger pool of bidders. Initially, the Pre-bid Conference was set to commence on October 18, 2022 but was eventually moved to November 16, 2022. This was due to unavailability of prospect bidders resulting to a Failure to Bid, as per BAC Resolution No. 10-236 Series of 2022.

DILG Data Analyst, Mr. Fiel Argoncillo discussed the technical specifications of the following software licenses: Database Development Tool, Cloud-Based Typing Assistant Tool Software, Office Productivity Tools, Video Editing Software, Graphic Design and Data Visualization Software, App My Site License Tier 2, and Website Security Protection.

Present during the conference were BAC Vice Chair and LGMED Chief, Ms. Pia Monina Q. Lovete, together with BAC members, Engr. Ofelia M. Pido, FAD Chief, Ms. Geselle P. Endriano, Assistant Division Chief of LGCDD, Mr. Adrian Thomas Colasito, Assistant Division Chief of LGMED, and Mr. Ramoncito C. Roa, Supervising Administrative Officer. Also present were the BAC Secretariat, LGOO II Benjoe M. Barrio and Danielle May P. Abella, as well as BAC TWG Administrative Assistant II Edeulyn E. Quijano.

Meanwhile, joining via zoom as observer was Mr. Raymund O. Asaldo, Engineer III of DILG Leyte. (FAD | C. Aures)