Requesting Entity: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DepEd) Issues Concern: Bid Securing Declaration (BSD) Details Whether a Bid Securing Declaration which was erroneously addressed to the former DepEd Schools Division Superintendent may be a ground to disqualify a bidder. The submission of the BSD must comply with the form and substance of a BSD pursuant to GPPB continue reading : NPM No. 089-2017

Requesting Entity: DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) may proceed to Negotiated Procurement through the Emergency Cases modality under RA 9184 and its 2016 revised IRR notwithstanding the cessation of the Marawi City siege, as a result of the declaration by President continue reading : NPM No. 130-2017

Requesting Entity: VALIDATION GROUP Issues Concern: Separate Personality of a Partnership and Corporation Details Whether or not the Medical Gallery Trading Company, a duly registered partnership, may still use its completed contracts if it will convert the entity into a corporation. [P]lease note that in government procurement, a bidder is awarded the contract based on continue reading : NPM No. 131-2017

Requesting Entity: Baybay Printshop Issues Concern: Period of Payment after the Delivery of Goods Details Clarification on the period of payment by the procuring entity after full delivery by the supplier of the goods subject of procurement. Except with the prior approval of the President, no payment shall be made for services not yet rendered continue reading : NPM No. 075-2016

Requesting Entity: Baybay Printshop Issues Concern: Period of Payment after the Delivery of Goods Details Clarification on the period of payment by the procuring entity after full delivery by the supplier of the goods subject of procurement. Except with the prior approval of the President, no payment shall be made for services not yet rendered continue reading : NPM No. 075-2016

Requesting Entity: Province of Zambales Issues Concern: Pakyaw Contracting System Details 1. Whether a single invitation may contain multiple pakyaw contracting opportunities [A] Procuring Entity (PE) undertaking pakyaw labor contracting need not comply with the formalities required under the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184. Moreover, there is no form continue reading : NPM No. 082-2016

Requesting Entity: Workcentric Issues Concern: Omission of the Name of One of the Joint Venture Partners in the Financial Bid Form Details Whether the bid of a proposed Joint Venture (JV) can be declared “failed” if one of the names of the JV partners was not included in the first part of the Financial Bid continue reading : NPM No. 056-2016

Requesting Entity: Cebu Port Authority (CPA) Issues Concern: Adjacent or Contiguous Negotiated Procurement Modality Details GPPB Approval to Resort to Alternative Method of Procurement GPPB approval is not necessary whenever a PE undertakes procurement through Competitive Bidding, regardless of the ABC, or where the ABC is less than 500 Million Pesos in case of any continue reading : NPM No. 053-2016

Requesting Entity: Cebu Port Authority (CPA) Issues Concern: Adjacent or Contiguous Negotiated Procurement Modality Details GPPB Approval to Resort to Alternative Method of Procurement GPPB approval is not necessary whenever a PE undertakes procurement through Competitive Bidding, regardless of the ABC, or where the ABC is less than 500 Million Pesos in case of any continue reading : NPM No. 053-2016

Requesting Entity: Senate of the Philippines Issues Concern: Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Budget Circular No. 2004-5A , dated 23 March 2004 Details Whether the BAC can use the proceeds to purchase necessary equipment and other BAC expenses incurred in the conduct of its procurement activities. [F]ees collected from procurement-related activities cannot be used continue reading : NPM No. 037-2016