Requesting Entity: Bendimil Construction and Development Corporation (BCDC) Issues Concern: Requirement for Submission of Letter of Intent Details Whether the submission of letter of intent (LOI) is a requirement for participation in public bidding activities. The submission of LOI is no longer required for procurement activities the Invitation to Bid or Request for Expression of continue reading : NPM No. 101-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit III (RFU3) Issues Concern: Modifying or Adding to the Statements in the Invitation to Bid; Exercising the Reservation Clause Details 1.Whether procuring entities are allowed to modify or add to the conditions stated in the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs), particularly the Invitation to Bid. The Invitation continue reading : NPM No. 102-2013

Requesting Entity: Windfall Construction Issues Concern: Audited Financial Statement (AFS) Details Whether a newly established construction firm may be allowed to participate in the public bidding for an infrastructure project in the absence of an AFS dated not earlier than two (2) years from the date of bid submission. The submission of an AFS that continue reading : NPM No. 103-2013

Requesting Entity: Guamor Construction & Supply (Guamor) Issues Concern: Post-disqualification; Protest Mechanism Details Resolution of the disqualification of Guamor by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in relation to its procurement for the Health Facilities Enhancement Program for the Pandan District Hospital. At the outset, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its continue reading : NPM No. 104-2013

Requesting Entity: Office of the City Legal Officer City Government of Pasay Issues Concern: Contract Extension for General Support Services Details Whether the City Government of Pasay can validly extend the ongoing contracts for its various general support services even before substantially undertaking activities for its procurement, as required under Section 4.3 of the Revised continue reading : NPM No. 105-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police (PNP) National Headquarters Directorate for Logistics Issues Concern: Simultaneous Functional Testing of Equipment During Bid Evaluation Details Whether the PNP can subject all bids declared as “passed” during the bid evaluation to a “functional test” before the verification, validation, and ascertainment of the submitted documents of the Lowest Calculated Bid continue reading : NPM No. 106-2013

Requesting Entity: Office of the Provincial Governor Province of Leyte Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases); Contract Extension for General Support Services Details Request for approval from the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) to authorize the Province of Leyte (Province) to procure essential office equipment and supplies in Cebu or Metro Manila through Negotiated Procurement continue reading : NPM No. 107-2013

Requesting Entity: Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) Issues Concern: Grant of Honoraria for Successfully Re-bid Project Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) may be paid honoraria in case the re-bidding is successful and it has already claimed honoraria on the basis of awarded items in the first bidding. Whether the BAC continue reading : NPM No. 108-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Issues Concern: Applicability of Blacklisting Order to the Affiliate/Sister Company of a Blacklisted Entity Details Whether the affiliate/sister company of a blacklisted bidder may also be considered as blacklisted. The affiliate/sister company of a blacklisted bidder may only be considered as blacklisted upon determination by the procuring continue reading : NPM No. 092-2013

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Regional Head Quarters 3 Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Two-Failed Biddings) Details Whether it is proper to adjust the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) and resort to Negotiated Procurement after a second failure of bidding. The ABC may be adjusted, provided it is not more than twenty percent continue reading : NPM No. 093-2013