Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit (COA) Region VI Issues Concern: Requiring Eligibility Documents when Resorting to Alternative Methods of Procurement Details Whether it is necessary to require losing suppliers in any of the alternative methods of procurement to submit eligibility documents. [T]he revised IRR of RA 9184 is silent whether or not eligibility documents mentioned continue reading : NPM No. 142-2012

Requesting Entity: Legal Services Sector Commission on Audit (COA) Issues Concern: Procurement Agent Details Whether a start-up Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) may use the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of another agency during the period when it is unable to establish its own BAC. Section 53.6 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) continue reading : NPM No. 143-2012

Requesting Entity: Office of the Provincial Engineer Province of Negros Oriental Issues Concern: Payment of Additional Compensation to Consultant Details Whether giving additional compensation to a consultant may be allowed under Clause 14 of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC), Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs 4th Edition) for the Procurement of Consulting Services issued by the continue reading : NPM No. 137-2012

Requesting Entity: Mary Curt Builders & Construction Supply Issues Concern: Status of Opinion under NPM 39-2004 Details Whether the opinion stated in Non-Policy Matter No. 39-2004 relative to Section 23.11.2 (3) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 subsists and may still be considered in the interpretation continue reading : NPM No. 138-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Southern Mindanao Campus (SMC) Issues Concern: Criteria for Evaluation of Janitorial and Security Services Details Whether PSHS-SMC may adopt a different set of criteria in evaluating the bid proposals for the procurement of security and janitorial services. GPPB Resolution 24-2007, which adopts the Guidelines on the Procurement of continue reading : NPM No. 135-2012

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Regulatory Office Issues Concern: Absence of Quorum during the Opening of Financial Bid Details Whether the decision of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the MWSS to proceed with the Opening of the Bidder’s Financial Bid despite the absence of quorum is a continue reading : NPM No. 136-2012

Requesting Entity: Association of Local Budget Officers of Tarlac, Inc. (ALBO-Tarlac) Issues Concern: Payment of Honoraria Details Whether the members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), BAC Secretariat and the Technical Working Group are entitled to honoraria pursuant to Section 15 of Republic Act No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations even in continue reading : NPM No. 130-2012

Requesting Entity: House of Representatives Issues Concern: Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) requirement; Joint Venture (JV) Agreements; and Participation of a GPPB representative in the bidding process Details Whether a contract may be awarded to a bidder who has passed product testing, but has not complied with the SLCC requirement. The SLCC is an eligibility continue reading : NPM No. 131-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Population (PopCom) Issues Concern: Procurement of Consulting Services through Competitive Bidding Details Whether the Procuring Entity (PE) may adopt competitive bidding as a mode of procurement for its project for the conduct of surveys on young. Section 10 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 continue reading : NPM No. 132-2012

Requesting Entity: Failure to submit Original/Authenticated Legal Documents Issues Concern: Fabmik Construction and Equipment Co. Inc. Details Whether the Procuring Entity (PE) may require the submission of the original or certified true copies of the eligibility legal under Section 23.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184. [T]he PE continue reading : NPM No. 133-2012