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

Requesting Entity: Leyte Normal University Issues Concern: Entitlement to Honoraria Details Whether Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members are entitled to receive honoraria even if there is a failure of bidding. Section 4 (Rationale) of BC No. 2004-5A clearly provides that “[p]ropriety dictates that only persons who have successfully completed their tasks or participated in continue reading : NPM No. 038-2016

Requesting Entity: Microdata Issues Concern: Failure of Bidding due to Lack of Funds Details Whether a Procuring Entity may declare failure of bidding due to lack of funds. A careful perusal of Section 41(c)(iii) of the IRR indicates that the HOPE is allowed to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or continue reading : NPM No. 039-2016

Requesting Entity: Punonghimpilan Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas Issues Concern: Procurement for the Repair and Maintenance of Ships Details Whether ship repair, which is a complex procurement activity, could be considered as a procurement of infrastructure project. [T]he Procuring Entity (PE) is in the best position to determine the correct classification of its procurement based on continue reading : NPM No. 051-2016

Requesting Entity: Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Two-Failed Biddings) Details Whether JJWC may resort to Negotiated Procurement under the Two-Failed-Biddings modality considering that the first bidding was for the procurement of Asian Utility Vehicle, while the second bidding was for Sports Utility Vehicle procurement. [N]egotiated Procurement through Two-Failed Biddings modality continue reading : NPM No. 052-2016

Requesting Entity: National Housing Authority (NHA) Issues Concern: Acceptance of Temporary Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) Certificate of License Renewal and Official Receipt Details [A] valid PCAB license is an integral part of the Eligibility Requirements for the procurement of infrastructure projects, the same should be valid as of the date of the deadline for continue reading : NPM No. 050-2016

Requesting Entity: Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Issues Concern: Submission of Collection Receipts as Proof of Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) Details Whether Collection Receipts may be accepted as proof of SLCC in lieu of Official Receipts in accordance with Instruction to Bidders (ITB) Clause 12.1(a)(iii)(6) of the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs) for the continue reading : NPM No. 040-2016