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

Requesting Entity: Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) Issues Concern: Disqualification of Bidders Details 1.Whether the procuring entity can disqualify a bidder when the bidder failed to include government contracts in its “statement of all its ongoing and completed government and private contracts” as provided in the Bid Data Sheet (BDS) of its Bidding continue reading : NPM No. 094-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine Science High School – Central Luzon Campus (PSHS-CLC) Issues Concern: Change of Venue after the Issuance of Notice of Award Details Whether the change of venue for the project site after the issuance of the Notice of Award (NOA) is allowed under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules continue reading : NPM No. 090-2013

Requesting Entity: National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Issues Concern: Philippine Association of Detective Protective Agency Operators (PADPAO) Rates Details Compliance of a bidder with the PADPAO rates A bidder’s compliance with the minimum wage is concomitant with its compliance with the PADPAO rate; correspondingly, a Private Security Agency (PSA) bidder that does not use the applicable continue reading : NPM No. 091-2013

Requesting Entity: Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Issues Concern: Notice to Proceed (NTP) Details Whether the BCDA can forego the issuance of the NTP for the procurement of goods and services since the issued Purchase Order or Job Order already contains the conforme of the winning supplier and the delivery date, which in effect continue reading : NPM No. 087-2013

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Issues Concern: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Procurement Details Whether the “Managed Contact Center Solutions” Project (Project) of the BIR may be categorized as “General Support Services” under the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform continue reading : NPM No. 088-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Issues Concern: Statement of On-going and Completed Contracts for the Procurement of Goods Details Whether it is mandatory for a bidder to attach proof (e.g. copies of official receipts, contracts, or notices to proceed) to its statement of on-going and completed contracts which forms part of continue reading : NPM No. 086-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Railways (PNR) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting Details Whether PNR can proceed with the procurement of overhauling and rehabilitation services for its major trains and locomotives through Direct Contracting. Section 50 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 allows the use of Direct Contracting for continue reading : NPM No. 083-2013