Requesting Entity: Bulacan State University (BSU) Issues Concern: Bid Evaluation for the Procurement of Services Details Whether a bid containing dashes and spaces in the price schedule is considered complete and responsive. Section 32.2.1 of the IRR of RA 9184 provides that unless the Instructions to Bidders allow partial bids, bids that do not address continue reading : NPM No. 082-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Issues Concern: Exemption from Public Bidding Details Exemption from the public bidding process as mandated under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). At the outset, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) cannot grant exemption to the bidding requirement in line with its mandate to continue reading : NPM No. 006-2012

Requesting Entity: Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Issues Concern: Evaluation of the Bill of Quantities; Authorization to Participate in the Bidding Details 1. Whether placing of a dash or leaving a blank item in the Miscellaneous Expense in the Bill of Quantities results to the disqualification of the bidder. [T]he Generic Procurement Manual (GPM) for continue reading : NPM No. 080-2012

Requesting Entity: Center for Governance – Operations Management Office Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Issues Concern: Payment Tranches for Consultants Details Clarification on the propriety of the payment terms for consulting contracts with proposed payment tranches as follows:   – 15% of the total project price upon signing of the contract;   – 65% of the total project continue reading : NPM No. 078-2012

Requesting Entity: Den-Tronix International Trading (Den-Tronix) Issues Concern: Translation of Foreign Documents Details Whether a foreign document translated and authenticated by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and authenticated by the Philippine Consulate General (Philippine Consulate) in Shanghai, China, should be further re-authenticated by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of continue reading : NPM No. 079-2012

Requesting Entity: Bacolod City Issues Concern: Nature of Business of the Bidder as Stated in the Mayor’s Permit Details Whether the submitted Mayor’s Permit of the construction company that does not include the nature of business for the bidding of the “Garbage Collection and Hauling” project of the City of Bacolod could pass the eligibility continue reading : NPM No. 077-2012

Requesting Entity: Poblador Bautista & Reyes Issues Concern: Eligibility to Bid of a Foreign Bidder based on Reciprocity Details Requesting confirmation that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Philippines, Inc., a domestic corporation with ninety nine percent (99%) British equity, may be declared eligible to participate in the competitive bidding activities for the supply of goods to the Philippine Government, continue reading : NPM No. 075-2012

Requesting Entity: Ayungon Water District (AWD) Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in Local Water Districts Details 1. How can AWD create its BAC with its required composition? Under Section 11.2 of the IRR, the BAC may be composed of at least five (5) but not more than seven (7) members. x x x The continue reading : NPM No. 076-2012

Requesting Entity: MAXIMA Machineries Incorporated Issues Concern: Participation of foreign Bidders Details Whether Maxima Machineries Incorporated (Maxima), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with seventy-two percent (72%) of its outstanding capital owned by a foreign corporation, may be eligible to participate in the continue reading : NPM No. 074-2012

Requesting Entity: Odin Security Agency, Inc. Issues Concern: Validity of the LBP-BAC’s Ground for Disqualification Details Seeking opinion on the validity of the decision rendered by the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in disqualifying Odin Security Agency, Inc. (OSAI), on the ground that it submitted a Notarized Certification and a continue reading : NPM No. 072-2012