Bohol Province, Philippines Launches PHP 21 Million Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Procurement

en.Wedoany.com Reported - September 25 news: The provincial government of Bohol, Philippines, has issued a tender for the procurement of agricultural machinery and equipment, with project number 2026-000575 and an approved budget of PHP 21 million. The procured equipment will be used by the Provincial Agriculture Office. The project is implemented through public bidding, and the current bidding status is active. The bid submission deadline and bid opening time are both at 10:30 on October 7.

According to the bidding documents, the project is funded by the Bohol Province 2026 budget, and the winning supplier must complete delivery of the goods within 30 days after receiving the notice to proceed. Bidders are required to have experience in performing similar projects, with the completion time of similar contracts required to fall within 10 years prior to the bid submission deadline. Bid documents may be submitted offline for technical and financial documents, while financial documents are also to be submitted through the Bohol Province electronic procurement system.

This procurement is classified as goods procurement in the agricultural machinery and equipment category, primarily serving the subsequent agricultural production and mechanization operation needs of the Bohol Province agriculture department. The complete bidding documents are available from September 16 to October 6, with a document fee of PHP 25,000; the procuring entity held a pre-bid conference on September 23.

The bidding adopts the competitive procurement procedures stipulated in the implementing rules and regulations of Philippine Republic Act No. 12009, and qualification review is conducted according to pass/fail criteria. Bidders are in principle limited to Filipino citizens, sole proprietorships owned by Filipinos, and partnerships or institutions with Filipino capital shareholding of no less than 60%, while enterprises from countries with reciprocal procurement access arrangements with the Philippines are also allowed to participate.

Agricultural machinery procurement in Bohol Province has been continuously advancing in recent years. On September 23, another batch of agricultural equipment procurement projects for multiple departments and hospitals of the provincial government completed award, with an approved budget of approximately PHP 6.9551 million and a final contract amount of approximately PHP 5.4383 million. This PHP 21 million project is an independent procurement batch, with a significantly larger budget scale.