Requesting Entity: Ms. Teresita M. Mistal Issues Concern: Application of RA 9184 to Local Government Units (LGUs) Details Whether the Members of the BAC in LGUs may come from offices other than those included in the enumeration in Sec 11.2.3 of the IRR of RA 9184. The list of offices mentioned in Sec 11.2.3 of continue reading : NPM No. 036-2014

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Tigaon Issues Concern: ISO Certification Details Whether an ISO Certification can be included as a requirement for bidding of an ARCP II project that is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). At the outset, we would like to clarify two things. First, procurement continue reading : NPM No. 037-2014

Requesting Entity: Caveat Law Issues Concern: Expendable Supplies Details Whether Maintenance Free Lead Acid Batteries and Retrofit Led Flasher Lights are considered as expendable supplies under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The determination of the classification of the goods as expendable or non-expendable is material to the continue reading : NPM No. 038-2014

Requesting Entity: U-High Solutions, Inc. (UHSI) Issues Concern: Acceptability of Tax Delinquency Verification Certificate Details Whether a Delinquency Verification Certificate can be used as a replacement for the Tax Clearance requirement, which is one of the eligibility requirements for competitive bidding under the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184. continue reading : NPM No. 039-2014

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Animal Industry Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman Details Opinion on the propriety of the appointment of an Agriculturist I with a Salary Grade Eleven (SG-11) as BAC Chairman. [A]ny person holding a position existing within the organizational structure of the procuring entity and who possesses the required ranking continue reading : NPM No. 040-2014

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police (PNP) – Police Regional Office 8 Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.2 (Emergency Cases) Details Whether PNP-RO 8 is authorized to procure goods and infrastructure projects through Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.2 (Emergency Cases) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 to continue reading : NPM No. 030-2014

Requesting Entity: Catalina Security Agency Issues Concern: Bid Evaluation Details Request for opinion relative to the following provision adopted by a Procuring Entity (PE) in the procurement of security services: “Bids higher than the lowest price by up to Five Thousand Pesos (PhP 5,000.00) shall be considered tied with the said lowest bid price, and continue reading : NPM No. 031-2014

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit Issues Concern: Reference to Brand Names Details Is [p]reference to brand names for the materials in Infrastructure Projects covered by Section 18 of the IRR-A of RA 9184? Can Procuring Entity (PE) indicate brand names in the Technical Specifications for Infrastructure Project? [T]he provisions of Section 18 of the IRR continue reading : NPM No. 032-2014

Requesting Entity: City Government of Navotas Issues Concern: Warranty Security and Warranty against Structural Defects Details Guidance on the rules on the implementation of the warranty security requirement under Section 62.2.3.3 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 vis-à-vis the warranty period against structural defects under Section 62.2.32 continue reading : NPM No. 033-2014

Requesting Entity: Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority (Zamboanga SEZA) Issues Concern: Statement of all ongoing contracts Details Whether a bidder may be disqualified for failure to include any ongoing projects in the Statement of all ongoing government and private contracts. In GPPB Resolution No. 29-2012, the Board resolved to interpret that failure to include continue reading : NPM No. 034-2014