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

Requesting Entity: QT Builders Issues Concern: Eligibility Requirement; Valid PCAB License Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) may declare a contractor as “eligible” despite the submission of a Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) license with validity period after the date of the opening of the bids. [D]ocumentary requirements must be “complete” and “sufficient”, continue reading : NPM No. 071-2013

Requesting Entity: APO Production Unit, Inc. (APO) Issues Concern: Printing of Social Security System (SSS) Forms Details Clarification on the propriety of the plan of SSS to procure printing services for some of its forms (RS5, R5, and R6) through public bidding. The Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services (Guidelines) defines Accountable Forms as continue reading : NPM No. 062-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office (RFO) No. 2 Issues Concern: Use of Limited Source Bidding (LSB) or Lease-to-Own Agreement in the Acquisition of Motor Vehicle Details Whether the procurement of brand new utility motor vehicle through lease purchase or lease-to-own contract finds basis under Section 46 of the Implementing Rules and continue reading : NPM No. 063-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Finance (DOF) Issues Concern: Applicability of General Conditions for the Contract Clause 17.3 to Security and Janitorial Services Details Whether the warranty security requirement under Clause 17.3 of the General Conditions of Contract in the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs) for the Procurement of Goods may be dispensed with in the procurement continue reading : NPM No. 064-2013

Requesting Entity: Metro Kalibo Water District (MKWD) Issues Concern: Optional Submission of Tax Clearance in Negotiated Procurement (Two Failed Biddings) Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of MKWD may validly allow the optional submission of Tax Clearance for the two (2) projects being procured through Negotiation Procurement under Section 53.1 of the revised continue reading : NPM No. 065-2013

Requesting Entity: Office of the Auditor Audit Group A – National Government Sector, Team 7 Department of Public Works and Highways – Region VI Issues Concern: BAC Secretariat Head as Notary Public Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Secretariat Head may notarize contracts entered into by her agency as a result of successful continue reading : NPM No. 066-2013

Requesting Entity: G.O. Lisay Marketing Issues Concern: Refusal to Accept Price Quotation Details Whether a procuring entity could validly and legally refuse to accept a sealed bid containing an accomplished Request for Quotation (RFQ) from a qualified supplier. [A] procuring entity cannot validly and legally refuse to accept a bid submitted before the deadline for continue reading : NPM No. 067-2013