Requesting Entity: Department of Science and Technology Issues Concern: Clarification on the provisions of R.A. 9184 and its IRR-A Details 1. Whether or not the security agency which was awarded the contract during the bidding conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Central Office be automatically employed by other DOST agencies It bears stressing continue reading : NPM No. 027-2005

Requesting Entity: Office of the Ombudsman Issues Concern: Procurement of Services for the Implementation of an Integrity Development Review Details Whether or not the services of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) for an Integrity Development Review (IDR) may be contracted or engaged by the Office of the Ombudsman through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) continue reading : NPM No. 024-2005

Requesting Entity: Cluster IV-Visayas Local Government Sector – Commission on Audit Issues Concern: Submission of Affidavit of Commitment in lieu of Warranty Details 1. How can the procuring entity require their contractors to put up a surety bond to cover the 15-year warranty period if no insurance company issues a surety bond for said duration? The continue reading : NPM No. 025-2005

Requesting Entity: Butuan City Water District Issues Concern: Clarification on the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) Details 1. Whether or not the BAC has the right to modify or contravene the substance of Section 36 of R.A. 9184. Section 36 of the IRR-A of R.A. continue reading : NPM No. 026-2005

Requesting Entity: Department of Education Issues Concern: 2005 Call for Submission of Textbooks and Teacher’s Manual Details Request for opinion and/or policy guidance on whether the planned 2005 Call for Submission of Textbooks and Teacher’s Manuals is in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184 (R.A. 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part continue reading : NPM No. 023-2005

Requesting Entity: House of Representatives Issues Concern: Un-audited Financial Statements as Supplemental Eligibility Requirements Details Whether an “un-audited financial document for the current year” may be included as part of the standard eligibility requirements. The reason for the rule (Section 23.6(i), IRR-A) is two-pronged: First, as a financial document, it is aimed at providing factual basis in continue reading : NPM No. 022-2005

Requesting Entity: Development Academy of the Philippines Issues Concern: Engagement of Services for the Implementation of an Integrity Development Review Details Clarification on the manner by which the services of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) for an Integrity Development Review (IDR) may be contracted or engaged by other government agencies. [T]he IDR is a continue reading : NPM No. 019-2005

Requesting Entity: Home Development Mutual Fund Issues Concern: Evaluation of the Eligibility Requirement for Largest Single Contract of Joint Ventures Details Whether the largest single contract of all parties to a joint venture may be combined and considered as one contract for purposes of complying with Section 23.11.1.2. This criterion (Section 23.11.1.2, IRR-A) is so provided in order continue reading : NPM No. 020-2005

Requesting Entity: Counsellors’ Circle Law Firm Issues Concern: Evaluation of the Eligibility Requirement for Largest Single Contract of Joint Ventures Details Whether the largest single contract of all parties to a joint venture may be combined and considered as one contract for purposes of complying with Section 23.11.1.2. Although it is correct to state that a continue reading : NPM No. 021-2005

Requesting Entity: Land Bank of the Philippines Issues Concern: Eligibility Documents of Joint Ventures Details 1. Whose Class “A” Documents (Legal, Technical and Financial) shall be submitted by the Joint Venture – that of the entities comprising the Joint Venture or the Joint Venture itself? 2. How will the deficiency of one participant affect the eligibility continue reading : NPM No. 018-2005