2.1 The following eligibility requirements shall be submitted on or before the date of the eligibility check specified in the Request for Expression of Interest and Clause 5 for purposes of determining eligibility of prospective bidders:
(a) Class "A" Documents
Legal Documents
(i) Registration certificate from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for sole proprietorship, or Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) for cooperatives, or any proof of such registration as stated in the EDS.* [*All names of organizations indicated here are based in the Philippine context; they may be replaced with the relevant government organizations. This note applies throughout the whole document.]
(ii) Mayor's permit issued by the city or municipality where the principal place of business of the prospective bidder is located.
Technical Documents
(iii) Statement of the prospective bidder of all its ongoing and completed government and private contracts, including contracts awarded but not yet started, if any, whether similar or not similar in nature and complexity to the contract to be bid, within the relevant period provided in the EDS. The statement shall include, for each contract, the following:
(iii.1) the name and location of the contract;
(iii.2) date of award of the contract;
(iii.3) type and brief description of consulting services;
(iii.4) consultant's role (whether main consultant, subcontractor, or partner in a joint venture);
(iii.5) amount of contract;
(iii.6) contract duration; and
(iii.7) certificate of satisfactory completion or equivalent document specified in the EDS issued by the client, in the case of a completed contract.
(iv) Statement of the consultant specifying its nationality and confirming that those who will actually perform the service are registered professionals authorized by the appropriate regulatory body to practice those professions and allied professions in accordance with Clause 1.2.
Financial Document
(v) The consultant's audited financial statements, showing, among others, the consultant's total and current assets and liabilities, stamped "received" by the [name of relevant agency such as "Bureau of Internal Revenue"] or its duly accredited and authorized institutions, for the preceding calendar year, which should not be earlier than two (2) years from the date of bid submission
(b) Class "B" Document
A valid JVA, in case a joint venture is already in existence. In the absence of a JVA, duly notarized statements from all the potential joint venture partners shall be included in the bid stating that they will enter into and abide by the provisions of the JVA in the instance that the bid is successful. Failure to enter into a joint venture in the event of a contract award shall be grounds for the forfeiture of the bid security. Each partner of the joint venture shall submit the legal eligibility documents. The submission of technical and financial documents by any of the joint venture partners constitutes compliance.
2.2 In the case of foreign consultants, the foregoing eligibility requirements under Class "A" Documents may be substituted by the appropriate equivalent documents, if any, issued by the foreign consultant's country.
2.3 The eligibility requirements or statements and all other documents to be submitted to the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) must be in English. Classes "A" and "B" documents in other languages must be translated into English and certified by the appropriate embassy or consulate in the Philippines and must accompany the eligibility requirements under Classes "A" and "B" Documents if they are in another language.
2.4 Prospective bidders may obtain a full range of expertise by associating with individual consultant(s) and/or other consultants or entities through a joint venture or subcontracting arrangements, as appropriate. However, subcontractors may only participate in the bid of one short-listed consultant. Foreign Consultants shall seek the participation of [nationality] Consultants by entering into a joint venture with, or subcontracting part of the project to, [nationality] Consultants.
2.5 If a prospective bidder has previously secured a certification from the Procuring Entity to the effect that it has previously submitted Class "A" Documents, the said certification may be submitted in lieu of the requirements enumerated in Clause 2.1.