Requesting Entity: Overseas Workers Welfare Association (OWWA) Issues Concern: Arithmetical Corrections Details 1. Is the process of rounding off number considered an arithmetical correction? 2. Can the TWG do an arithmetical correction during bid evaluation? Arithmetical correction of bids are done in accordance with Section 32.2.1 (b) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) continue reading : NPM No. 125-2013

Requesting Entity: Local Government Unit of the Island Garden City of Samal (Samal City) Issues Concern: Discount on Bid Price Details Whether Samal City may consider and apply the five percent (5%) discount offered by a bidder to its bid price. Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), including continue reading : NPM No. 126-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Issues Concern: Definition of General Support Services Details Whether encoding services may be deemed included in the definition of general support services. Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) define Goods to refer to general support services, including non-personal or contractual continue reading : NPM No. 127-2013

Requesting Entity: Alenia Aermacchi Issues Concern: Request for Suspension of the Bidding Procedure Details Request for a suspension of the bidding procedure for Medium Lift Fixed Wing Aircraft Acquisition Project (Project) until investigation is conducted verifying that the Department of National Defense (DND) followed the right procedures for the issuance of the new bid and continue reading : NPM No. 128-2013

Requesting Entity: Duty Free Philippines Corporation (Duty Free) Issues Concern: Rounding off Decimals Details Whether there are restrictions or limitations in the exercise of bid evaluation pertaining to rounding off the amounts indicated in bids into decimal places. Unless the Bidding Documents require that bids should follow a specific number of decimal places for bid continue reading : NPM No. 129-2013

Requesting Entity: Laguna Water District (LWD) Issues Concern: Multi-Year Contract Details Whether LWD may enter into a five-year contract with a septage provider pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 9275 (Clean Water Act), which mandates Local Government Units’ (LGUs) Water Districts to desludge all septic tanks once within five (5) years or when the septic continue reading : NPM No. 130-2013

Requesting Entity: Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) Issues Concern: Multi-Agency Joint Procurement Details Whether the Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group (CFAG), composed of the Supreme Court, the Commission on Elections, the Civil Service Commission, the Commission on Audit, the Office of the Ombudsman, and the Commission on Human Rights, could jointly procure bullet-resistant vehicles for continue reading : NPM No. 131-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Issues Concern: Extension of Lease of Office Space Details 1. Can the PCSO extend/renew the lease contracts to avoid disruption in the service delivery and operations of our Branch Offices? If yes, how long should the extension be? PCSO may extend the duration or effectivity of contracts of continue reading : NPM No. 132-2013

Requesting Entity: Odin Security Agency, Inc. (ODIN) Issues Concern: Failure to Submit Certified True Copies Details Whether the Bid and Awards Committee (BAC) was correct in disqualifying you for not stamping “certified true copies” for Copy 1 and Copy 2 of the bid documents. Considering that the subject matter is an ongoing procurement activity where continue reading : NPM No. 133-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Railways (PNR) Issues Concern: Appointment of the Executive Assistant of the General Manager (GM) as Vice-Chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Details Can the EA of the GM be appointed as Vice-Chairman of PNR BAC? The EA of the GM may be appointed as Vice-Chairman of PNR BAC provided continue reading : NPM No. 134-2013