Asphalt Overlay of CDC Roads - Clark Freeport Zone

14. Alternative Bids14.1. Alternative Bids shall be rejected. For this purpose, alternative bid is anoffer made by a Bidder in addition or as a substitute to its original bidwhich may be included as part of its original bid or submittedseparately therewith for purposes of bidding. A bid with options isconsidered an alternative bid regardless of whether said bid proposal iscontained in a single envelope or submitted in two (2) or moreseparate bid envelopes.14.2. Bidders shall submit offers that comply with the requirements of theBidding Documents, including the basic technical design as indicated inthe drawings and specifications. Unless there is a value engineeringclause in the BDS, alternative bids shall not be accepted.14.3. Each Bidder shall submit only one Bid, either individually or as apartner in a JV. A Bidder who submits or participates in more than onebid (other than as a subcontractor if a subcontractor is permitted toparticipate in more than one bid) will cause all the proposals with theBidder’s participation to be disqualified. This shall be without prejudiceto any applicable criminal, civil and administrative penalties that maybe imposed upon the persons and entities concerned.15. Bid Prices15.1. The contract shall be for the whole Works, as described in ITB Clause1.1., based on the priced Bill of Quantities submitted by the Bidder.15.2. The Bidder shall fill in rates and prices for all items of the Worksdescribed in the Bill of Quantities. Bids not addressing or providing allof the required items in the Bidding Documents including, whereapplicable, bill of quantities, shall be considered non-responsive and,thus, automatically disqualified. In this regard, where a required item isprovided, but no price is indicated, the same shall be considered asnon-responsive, but specifying a "0" (zero) for the said item wouldmean that it is being offered for free to the Government.15.3. All duties, taxes, and other levies payable by the Contractor under theContract, or for any other cause, prior to the deadline for submission ofbids, shall be included in the rates, prices, and total bid price submittedby the Bidder.15.4. Unless otherwise provided in the BDS, all bid prices for the givenscope of work in the contract as awarded shall be considered as fixedprices, and therefore not subject to price escalation during contractimplementation, except under extraordinary circumstances as indicated18Clark Development CorporationSection II Instructions to BiddersAsphalt Overlay of CDC Roads