Requesting Entity: Morong Water District Issues Concern: Small Value Procurement Details Requesting that the purchase of goods amounting to Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00) and below be exempt from competitive public bidding. Section 10 of R.A. 9184 prescribes, as a general rule, that the procuring entity adopts public bidding as a mode of procurement. However, in order continue reading : NPM No. 013-2007

Requesting Entity: Philippine Information Agency Issues Concern: Interpretation of Sections 50 (a), 50 (b) and 53 (e) of IRR-A of R. A. 9184 Details Clarification on the application and/or interpretation of certain provisions of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184. Under [GPPB Resolution 03-2007 dated 30 March 2007], a procuring entity may directly negotiate a contract with continue reading : NPM No. 014-2007

Requesting Entity: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Issues Concern: Authority to Purchase a Point of Sale Facility Details Seeking favorable consideration and approval for the immediate purchase of one (1) point-of-sales (POS) facility with an estimated budget of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php250,000.00) each. [T]he approval of the GPPB on the use of a particular alternative continue reading : NPM No. 015-2007

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture Issues Concern: Production of a Jingle Details Seeking guidance on the application of limited source bidding for the production of a thirty (30)-second jingle to promote the Agri-Kalikasan Program of the Department of Agriculture. Under [Section 49 of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184], the procurement of services for the production of continue reading : NPM No. 016-2007

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture Issues Concern: Production of a Jingle Details Seeking guidance on the application of limited source bidding for the production of a thirty (30)-second jingle to promote the Agri-Kalikasan Program of the Department of Agriculture. Under [Section 49 of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184], the procurement of services for the production of continue reading : NPM No. 016-2007

Requesting Entity: Commission on Higher Education Issues Concern: Procurement of Goods under an Exclusive Distributorship/Exclusive Publishing Partner Details Whether purchase of goods under an exclusive distributorship/exclusive publishing partner contract or goods protected under the Intellectual Property Rights would require to going through the usual or proper bidding procedure under R.A. 9184. [D]irect contracting is applicable when continue reading : NPM No. 017-2007

Requesting Entity: Department of Interior and Local Government Issues Concern: Lifetime of a BAC Resolution Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Resolution issued the previous year may still be used as basis to enter into a contract for the incumbent year. Republic Act No. 9184 (RA 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part continue reading : NPM No. 012-2006

Requesting Entity: Department of the Interior and Local Government Issues Concern: Composition of the BACs in Regional Offices Details Whether Assistant Division Chiefs and Section Chiefs may serve as regular members of the BAC in Regional Offices Assistant Division Chiefs and Section Chiefs are fourth (4th) and sixth (6th) ranking personnel, respectively. Both are, therefore, not continue reading : NPM No. 007-2007

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental Issues Concern: Infrastructure Projects Undertaken “By Administration” Details Whether the Municipality of Villanueva intends to construct and rehabilitate its waterworks system estimated at Thirty Three Million Pesos (P33,000,000) through a loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines. [T]he Municipality of Villanueva can undertake the proposed infrastructure project “by continue reading : NPM No. 008-2007