Requesting Entity: Zamboanga City Water District Issues Concern: Change of Technical Specifications during Contract Implementation Stage Details [P]rocurement contracts should be strictly performed according to its specifications. In case of change or modification in the specifications during contract implementation, the Procuring Entity (PE) is best fit to determine the acceptability of such change taking into continue reading : NPM No. 042-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of National Defense (DND) Issues Concern: Armed Forces of the Philippines Engineering Equipment Acquisition Project (AFP EEA Project) Details 1. Whether the Notice of Award (NOA) for Lots 2, 5, and 6, which were procured through Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) having an Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) of less than PhP continue reading : NPM No. 017-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Issues Concern: Price Adjustment/ Price Escalation Details Application of contractor for price adjustment due to the increase in the prices of construction materials In case of an increase in the prices of materials during project implementation, under Section 61.3 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations continue reading : NPM No. 018-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture (DA) Issues Concern: Variation Order Details Request for the immediate release of the Guidelines on Variation Orders exceeding 10% of the original contract price Any cumulative positive Variation Order beyond ten percent (10%) of the original contract price shall be subject of another contract to be bid out if the continue reading : NPM No. 019-2015

Requesting Entity: Capiz 2nd District Engineering Office – Department of Public Works and Highways Issues Concern: Advertisement and Posting Requirements; Failure of Bidding Details 1. Whether it is legal to proceed with the awarding and execution of contract although the posting in the PhilGEPS website was not successful, but the advertisement and other posting requirements continue reading : NPM No. 020-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Adjacent or Contiguous) Details Applicability of RA 9184; Official Development Assistance (ODA) [T]he procurement of goods, infrastructure projects and consulting services funded through Foreign Grants and governed by Republic Act No. (RA) 8182, otherwise known as the Official Development Assistance Act of 1996, as amended continue reading : NPM No. 021-2015

Requesting Entity: Tabuelan Water District (TWD) Issues Concern: Composition of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in Water Districts Details Request to consider and acknowledge TWD’s BAC composition consisting of four (4) TWD permanent employees and one (1) permanent employee from the Local Government Unit (LGU), and to allow payment of obligation to supplier [T]he Government continue reading : NPM No. 022-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture (DA) Issues Concern: Requiring Tax Clearance when Resorting to Alternative Methods of Procurement Details Clarification on the necessity of requiring Tax Clearance as eligibility document in any of the alternative methods of procurement, particularly for Small Value Procurement and Shopping. [T]he Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) continue reading : NPM No. 023-2015

Requesting Entity: City of Cabadbaran Issues Concern: Bidding Out Construction by Phase Details Whether it is possible to bid out the first phase of the construction of a Drainage System notwithstanding the absence of the Final Master Plan [P]hasing of construction projects is allowed as long as each contractual phase covers a complete stand-alone infrastructure continue reading : NPM No. 024-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Issues Concern: Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agency Operations (PADPAO) prescribed Retirement Benefit Details Whether the Retirement Benefits of security guards may be offered for free by a participating bidder to a procuring entity. Republic Act (RA) 9184, through Section 25.2 of its Implementing Rules continue reading : NPM No. 025-2015