Requesting Entity: Omniprime Marketing, Inc. Issues Concern: Joint Venture Participation; Written Queries Details Whether Joint Ventures may be prohibited by the Procuring Entity (PE) to participate in a bidding process. Joint Ventures are expressly allowed to participate in bidding activities. It promotes competition as it provides a recourse for bidders who would otherwise fail to continue reading : NPM No. 117-2015

Requesting Entity: PPG Construction Corporation Issues Concern: Format and Signing of Bids Details Whether bidders are required to affix both their full or long signature and their initials in each and every page of the bid A cursory reading of Clause 19.4 of the PBD reveals that two requirements must be complied with by the continue reading : NPM No. 118-2015

Requesting Entity: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Issues Concern: Tax Clearance Details Whether the submission of tax clearance is a requirement for the award of projects procured through Shopping and Negotiated Procurement (Small Value Procurement) in accordance with Sections 52 and 53.9 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) continue reading : NPM No. 105-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.1 (Two Failed Biddings) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 Details After failure of Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.1 (Two-Failed Biddings) of the IRR of RA 9184, continue reading : NPM No. 106-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPOST) Issues Concern: Grounds for Disqualification Details Inquiry on the possible ground for disqualification for a lone bidder, which happened to be the direct competitor of the Philippine Postal Corporation in the courier/delivery of mails. [T]he Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office (TSO) render policy and continue reading : NPM No. 107-2015

Requesting Entity: Airfreight 2100, Inc. Issues Concern: Extension of Bid Security Validity Period Details Necessity of extending the validity period of a bid security if the bid opening was postponed for two (2) weeks [I]t is not necessary to extend the bid security validity period if the bid opening was postponed for two weeks, unless continue reading : NPM No. 108-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Postal Savings Bank, Inc. Issues Concern: Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Solicitation Number Details Whether failure of the bidder to indicate the PhilGEPS Solicitation Number in the bid form itself is a ground for disqualification. [F]ailure to provide the required items in the Bidding Documents that would warrant disqualification refers to continue reading : NPM No. 109-2015

Requesting Entity: Aspen Multi-System Corp. Issues Concern: Definition of “Similar” in Single Largest Completed Contract Similar to the Contract to be Bid (SLCC) and Prospective Bidder’s Attendance in the Pre-Bid Conference Details 1. Whether the Procuring Entity (PE) can apply the definition of the word “similar” in SLCC requirement not on the goods to be continue reading : NPM No. 110-2015

Requesting Entity: Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) Issues Concern: BAC Secretariat Members and their Honoraria Details Whether the head or any employee under the Internal Audit Service (IAS) office may become a member of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), its Secretariat or the Technical Working Group (TWG); and is allowed to be continue reading : NPM No. 111-2015

Requesting Entity: Local Government of Kidapawan City Issues Concern: Pakyaw Labor Details Requirement of a Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) license for the engagement of Pakyaw labor in the implementation of Infrastructure Project [T]he engagement of Pakyaw labor is not governed by the rules on public bidding under the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. continue reading : NPM No. 112-2015