Requesting Entity: National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Issues Concern: Warranty for Goods Procurement Details Whether the ten percent (10%) warranty retention covers all procurement of supplies and equipment regardless of amount and supplier, and/or the parameters relative thereto. The imposition of warranty for the procurement of goods is specifically sanctioned by Section 62 (a) of R.A. continue reading : NPM No. 010-2009

Requesting Entity: Office of the Solicitor General Issues Concern: Alternative Methods of Procurement Details Which among the construction activities necessary for the development and construction of the OSG Complex may be conducted through any of the alternative modes of procurement? While the general rule mandated under R.A. 9184 is for procuring entities to adopt public bidding continue reading : NPM No. 009-2009

Requesting Entity: Philippine Postal Corporation Issues Concern: Constitution of the BAC, BAC Secretariat and TWG Details 1. In a government corporation, to whom is the power to constitute and appoint membership in the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), BAC Secretariat and Technical Working Group (TWG) vested? According to Section 11.2.1.5 par.2 of the Implementing Rules and continue reading : NPM No. 008-2009

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police Issues Concern: Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Procurement Details 1. What can be used as the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) of POL products? The determination of the different cost components that would comprise the ABC for the subject item for bidding is the responsibility of the procuring entity. In no continue reading : NPM No. 007-2009

Requesting Entity: Municipality of San Jose, Province of Occidental Mindoro Issues Concern: Posting Requirement in the Procuring Entity’s Website Details Whether or not posting in three (3) conspicuous places in the municipality satisfies the requirement of the law even if the Instructions to Bidders (ITB) was not posted electronically considering that the municipality does not have continue reading : NPM No. 004-2009

Requesting Entity: Information Technology Support Services Sector Issues Concern: Service Providers Details Whether or not WAN service may be considered identical to or similar with internet service. [A]s the Guidelines on Procurement of Water, Electricity, Telecommunications and Internet Service Providers are silent on the definition of internet services, and inasmuch as this Office is without power continue reading : NPM No. 005-2009

Requesting Entity: Philippine International Trading Corporation Issues Concern: Limited Source Bidding Details Requesting clearance to use Limited Source Bidding in procuring various requirements of the Philippine Army. [T}he determination and accountability for the use of Limited Source Bidding as an alternative mode of procurement rests primarily with the HOPE, upon prior recommendation of the BAC that continue reading : NPM No. 006-2009

Requesting Entity: National Telecommunications Commission Issues Concern: Eligibility Criteria for the Procurement of Goods-Single Largest Similar Contract Details Application of exemption to the requirement for a Single Largest Completed Contract and determination of a similar project. It is clear that the procuring entity is given an option to require as a substitute to the fifty percent continue reading : NPM No. 001-2009

Requesting Entity: Philippine International Trading Corporation Issues Concern: Direct Contracting Details 1. When is resort to Direct Contracting proper? It is only upon the determination of the BAC that the items to be procured are of a proprietary nature and available only from a proprietary source, that it shall recommend to the HOPE the use of continue reading : NPM No. 002-2009

Requesting Entity: PAG-IBIG – Home Development Mutual Fund – Lucena Branch Issues Concern: Computational Errors Details Whether the corrected bid price of the Lowest Calculated Bid (LCB) should be used in determining the Contract Price. Based on [Sections 32.4.1 and 32.4.4 of the IRR-A], it is clearly within the ambit of the BAC’s authority to make continue reading : NPM No. 003-2009