Requesting Entity: AQA Global Construction Inc. Issues Concern: Bill of Quantities; Zero and/or Dash Details Whether the bid would be considered responsive if there are no prices indicated in the columns for “Material” and “Labor” although “0” (zero) is indicated in the “Total” column in the Bill of Quantities. [T]he Generic Procurement Manual (GPM) for continue reading : NPM No. 080-2013

Requesting Entity: National Food Authority (NFA) -CARAGA Region Issues Concern: Certification Claiming Domestic Preference as Additional Eligibility Document Details Whether a Certificate of Domestic Preference issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) in favor of a bidder claiming domestic preference may be required continue reading : NPM No. 079-2013

Requesting Entity: National Housing Authority Issues Concern: Bill of Quantities Details Whether a bidder should be disqualified in the event that the quantity of an item in his submitted bid is inaccurate or does not comply with the quantity stated in the Bill of Quantities issued by the Procuring Entity. Clause 15.2, Section II, Instructions continue reading : NPM No. 078-2013

Requesting Entity: RR Gadingan Construction Issues Concern: Experience as Sub-Contractor Details Whether a sub-contract undertaken by a bidder within ten (10) years from the submission of the bid may be credited as bidder’s work experience. Section 23.1(a)(iii) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 requires the submission of continue reading : NPM No. 077-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police National Headquarters Issues Concern: Creation of Sub-Bids and Awards Committee Details Whether the PNP may establish one main PNP-NHQ BAC and five PNP-NHQ sub-BACs according to the nature of procurement. Section 11.1.1 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 provides in part that continue reading : NPM No. 074-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) Issues Concern: Authority of the Bidder’s Legal Representative Details Whether PNRI could revoke an awarded contract prior to its implementation due to a question on the authority of the representative to submit bid and represent the would be bidder company. Should it be established that the representative has continue reading : NPM No. 075-2013

Requesting Entity: V.G. Roxas Co., Inc. (VGRCI) Issues Concern: Computation of Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) based on the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Details Whether the NFCC of a bidder participating in the procurement of several lots should be at least equal to the ABC of all the lots to which it participated continue reading : NPM No. 076-2013

Requesting Entity: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cebu Extension Office (CEO) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.1 (Two-Failed Bidding) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Details Whether the SEC-CEO Bids and Awards Committee should conduct a re-bidding or resort to negotiated procurement for the procurement of continue reading : NPM No. 072-2013

Requesting Entity: Quezon City General Procurement Office Issues Concern: Force Majeure in Infrastructure Contracts Details Whether it is possible to include force majeure within the coverage of the warranty against structural defects of fifteen (15) years for permanent structures and five (5) years for semi-permanent structures in the Terms of Reference for infrastructure contracts. [W]hile the Local continue reading : NPM No. 073-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Finance (DOF) Issues Concern: Additional Participants in the Consultancy Service Contract Details Whether additional qualified participants could attend the Masteral Degree Program covered by the Consultancy Service Contract between the DOF and Asian Institute of Management, with Approved Budget for the Contract in the amount of Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand continue reading : NPM No. 070-2013