INVITATION TO BID

Pursuant to the Department of Energy (DOE) Department Circular No. DC 2018-02-003, DC 2021-09-0003 and National Electrification Administration (NEA) Memorandum No. 2019-007, Federation of Rural Electric Cooperatives in Region 8 (FRECOR 8), thru its Region 8 Joint Third Party Bids and Awards Committee (R8 JTPBAC), are inviting power suppliers to participate in this Region 8 Joint Competitive Power Supply Procurement (R8 JCPSP) process for the aggregated Baseload and Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) power supply requirement of the regions eleven (11) ECs as follows:

                                         Table 1.A Aggregated Baseload Demand of Region 8 ECs

                                          Table 1.B Aggregated RPS Demand of Region 8 ECs

The eleven (11) Electric Cooperatives (ECs) of Region 8 is composed of Northern Samar Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORSAMELCO); Samar I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SAMELCO I); Samar II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Samelco II); Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ESAMELCO); Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORELCO); Leyte II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO II); Leyte III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO III); Leyte IV Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO IV); Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO V); Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SOLECO); and Biliran Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BILECO).

           ELIGIBLE BIDDERS:

Baseload

Generation Company (GENCO) that owns and/or operates a power plant; IPP Administrator of privatized IPP PPA of NPC through an IPPA contract awarded by PSALM; and/or Licensed Wholesale Aggregator with (i) existing capacity contracts or has arranged for a capacity contract in response to this tender, or (ii) a firm commitment to supply from WESM at fixed prices.

           RPS

Generation Company (GENCO) that owns and/or operates an RPS eligible existing or to be constructed power plant; Eligible RE Facility refers to a generating facility that utilizes an RE resource or RE Technology as further defined under Rule 3 of DOE DC No. 2017-12-0015; IPP Administrator of privatized IPP PPA of NPC through an IPPA contract awarded by PSALM that is RPS eligible power plant; and/or Licensed Wholesale Aggregator with (i) existing capacity contracts or has arranged for a capacity contract in response to this tender, or (ii) a firm commitment to supply from Philippine Renewable Energy Market at fixed prices.

          SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:

Subject to appropriate and timely notice, R8 JCPSP-JTPBAC reserves the right to amend the schedules as shown below:

           BIDDING DOCUMENTS FEE:

Bidders shall pay a non-refundable Participation Fee (Bidding Documents Fee) equivalent to:

Only the bidders who have properly secured the Bidding Documents will be allowed to participate in the Pre-Bid Conference and the Bidding.

          GENERAL INFORMATION:

Interested bidders may obtain a copy of the Bidding Documents upon:

a.                          a.)  Submission of Letter of Intent

b.)   Payment of non-refundable Participation Fee of each Bidders, either Cash, Cashier’s/ Manager’s check payable to Federation of Rural Electric Cooperatives in Region 8 through fund transfer or deposit to the TPBAC designated bank account and submission of proof thereof to r8jcpsp@gmail.com.