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

Requesting Entity: City of Zamboanga Issues Concern: Variation Order Details Whether the whole scope of work on slope protection may be deleted by way of a Variation Order. Section 17.6 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 mandates that no bidding and award of contract for infrastructure project shall continue reading : NPM No. 084-2013

Requesting Entity: Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Issues Concern: Multi-Year Contract for Engineering Service Details 1. Whether engineering services (e.g., services of an engineering contractor for the maintenance of CCP’s buildings’ civil, electrical, and mechanical facilities) can be included in the same general support services category as janitorial and security services. 2. Whether the continue reading : NPM No. 082-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Health (DOH) Issues Concern: Experience Requirement for Design and Build Projects Details Whether the experience requirement of a bidder for a design and build project to be awarded consist of a single contract or separate contracts, i.e., one (1) contract for design and another contract for construction. Section 9.2(ii)(a) of the continue reading : NPM No. 081-2013

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