Requesting Entity: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation – Regional Office VIII Issues Concern: Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution No. 22-2013 Details Whether the failure to submit the prescribed Omnibus Sworn Statement template, as amended by GPPB Resolution No. 22-2013, is a ground for ineligibility. The Omnibus Sworn Statement prescribed in the Philippine Bidding Documents is continue reading : NPM No. 121-2014

Requesting Entity: Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Issues Concern: Contract Termination and Rebidding Details Whether the Procuring Entity (PE) may rebid a terminated project Once a contract has been validly and lawfully terminated pursuant to the Guidelines on Termination of Contracts, but the procuring entity still intends to complete the project, it may conduct another procurement continue reading : NPM No. 119-2014

Requesting Entity: V.G. Roxas Co., Inc. Issues Concern: Post-Qualification; Protest Mechanism Details Clarifications on the alleged irregularities committed in a bidding conducted by the Procuring Entity (PE) The Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office (GPPB-TSO) only renders policy and non-policy opinions, respectively, on issues pertaining to the interpretation and application of continue reading : NPM No. 111-2014

Requesting Entity: Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APEZFA) Issues Concern: Submission and Receipt of Bids Details Whether the Procuring Entity may require bidders to submit the original or certified true copy of their legal eligibility requirements during the opening of bids. The BAC cannot require the submission of the original legal, technical and continue reading : NPM No. 112-2014

Requesting Entity: National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Issues Concern: Concurrent Membership in the BAC Secretariat and Technical Working Group (TWG) and Acceptance Details Whether the Head of the BAC Secretariat can concurrently hold or be designated as the Head of the Technical Working Group (TWG) and vice versa. Although there is no express prohibition on continue reading : NPM No. 113-2014

Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) Issues Concern: Shopping (Unforeseen Contingency) Details Clarification on the necessity of the Bids and Awards Committee’s (BAC) participation in Shopping under Section 52.1(a) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 As a general rule, after the decision to resort to continue reading : NPM No. 114-2014

Requesting Entity: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office No. IV-A (DENR IV-A) Issues Concern: Contract Approval and the Reservation Clause Details Whether the Head of the Procuring Entity (HOPE) may validly exercise discretion to approve or disapprove the recommendation of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) even after the lapse of the mandatory continue reading : NPM No. 115-2014

Requesting Entity: Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Issues Concern: Submission of Bid Security Details Whether bidders are required to submit two (2) forms of bid security, i.e. Bid Securing Declaration (BDS) and another form under Section 27.2 of the revised IRR of RA 9184. As clarified under GPPB Circular No. 01-2014, bidders are not required continue reading : NPM No. 116-2014

Requesting Entity: JROG Marketing (JROG) Issues Concern: Warranty Security for the Procurement of Goods Details Whether winning bidders, in the procurement of goods, may use surety bonds as a warranty security. Section 62 of Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) clearly state that there are only two (2) types continue reading : NPM No. 108-2014

Requesting Entity: Bulacan State University (BSU) Issues Concern: Substitution of the Retention Money Details Clarification on the meaning of the phrase “provided that the project is on schedule and is satisfactorily undertaken” in Section 6.2 of Annex “E” (Contract Implementation Guidelines for the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic continue reading : NPM No. 109-2014