Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) Issues Concern: Brand Names; Small Value Procurement Details The propriety of specifying brand names or of equivalent standard/quality in the Bill of Quantities for infrastructure project. Section 18 of the Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations imposes an absolute prohibition continue reading : NPM No. 035-2014

Requesting Entity: Department of National Defense Issues Concern: GPPB Resolution No. 29-2012 Details Whether the Statement of all On-going Government and Private Contracts is still required if a bidder submits a Credit Line Commitment (CLC) in lieu of the computation of the Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC). The Statement of all On-going Contracts is significant continue reading : NPM No. 020-2014

Requesting Entity: Department of Public Works and Highways Region IV-B, MIMAROPA Issues Concern: Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution No. 25-2013 Details Interpretation of GPPB Resolution No. 25-2013 dated 30 August 2013, relative to the acceptable forms of bid security that bidders may post during the submission of bids, particularly: 1. Whether the bidders are continue reading : NPM No. 021-2014

Requesting Entity: Road Board (RB) Issues Concern: Classification of Procurement Details Whether installation of reflective pavement markings should be considered as procurement of goods or infrastructure project. [T]he Procuring Entity (PE) is in the best position to determine the correct classification of its procurement based on its identified needs, but should be guided by the continue reading : NPM No. 022-2014

Requesting Entity: Road Board (RB) Issues Concern: Motion for Reconsideration Details Propriety of entertaining a bidder’s manifestation to file a motion for reconsideration made after the envelope containing its financial proposal was unconditionally returned to the bidder, but prior to the termination of the bid proceedings. [I]t is our considered view that upon due ascertainment continue reading : NPM No. 023-2014

Requesting Entity: Arnulfo H. Divina Issues Concern: Agency-to-Agency Agreements Details Whether a surrendered or sequestered corporation of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) where the government has controlling share could act as a Servicing Agency with another government agency for the procurement of goods, infrastructure projects, and consulting services under Negotiated Procurement (Agency-to-Agency Agreement). continue reading : NPM No. 024-2014

Requesting Entity: Butuan City Water District (BCWD) Issues Concern: Classification of procurement project; Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.4 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184 (Adjacent/Contiguous); Warranty Details Whether the project for extension/expansion of reservoir tank is classified as goods or infrastructure project. It is the position of the GPPB-TSO continue reading : NPM No. 018-2014

Requesting Entity: Philippine General Hospital Issues Concern: Shopping Details Whether the contract can be awarded to the lone supplier who submitted a price quotation. When the procurement falls under Section 52.1(b), no award of contract can be made if only one supplier submitted a price quotation. It is imperative upon the PE to obtain at continue reading : NPM No. 019-2014

Requesting Entity: Commission on Elections Issues Concern: Lease-to-Own Agreement of Motor Vehicles under Section 53.5 (Agency-to-Agency Agreements) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 Details Whether a private corporation wholly-owned by a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) may be considered as a Servicing Agency under an agency-to-agency procurement continue reading : NPM No. 025-2014