Requesting Entity: RTR Ventures Issues Concern: Authentication of Eligibility Documents of Foreign Bidders Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is authorized to revise or change the eligibility requirements for foreign bidders, under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he need for the translation with a corresponding certification of continue reading : NPM No. 073-2012

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Victoria Issues Concern: Request for Exemption from the Requirement of Posting in the PhilGEPS Details Request for exemption from the posting requirement in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) website as provided under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The mandatory character of PhilGEPS posting continue reading : NPM No. 070-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit Region VII Issues Concern: Extension of Contract For Catering Services Details Whether the extension of contracts for general support services provided under the Revised Guidelines on the Extension of Contracts for General Support Services Guidelines includes contracts for catering services. Goods and Services refer to all items, supplies, materials and general continue reading : NPM No. 071-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Lease of Venue) Details Whether the DSWD can directly resort to Lease of Venue, as a mode of negotiated procurement pursuant to Section 53.10 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and Implementing Guidelines for Lease of continue reading : NPM No. 067-2012

Requesting Entity: OCM Steel Corporation Issues Concern: Requirement on Similar Contract under Section 23.5.2.5 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 Details (1) Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is allowed to limit eligible bidders to those who have completed at least one (1) healthcare facility of similar nature and continue reading : NPM No. 068-2012

Requesting Entity: Den-Tronix International Trading Issues Concern: Failure to Indicate Reference Number of Procurement Activity in the Surety Bond Details Whether the failure to indicate the reference number of a particular procurement in the Surety Bond is a sufficient ground to disqualify a prospective bidder. [A] Surety Bond posted as bid security must comply with the continue reading : NPM No. 069-2012

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks And Sewerage System (MWSS) Issues Concern: Commencement of Procurement Activities Prior to Issuance of Certificate of Availability of Funds or Allotment Details Whether the MWSS could proceed with the publication of the Invitation to Bid for the procurement of infrastructure projects on the design and strengthening of the Angat Dam and Dyke continue reading : NPM No. 066-2012

Requesting Entity: Office of Project Development Services (OPDS) – Department of Interior and Local Government Issues Concern: Validity of the grounds for post-disqualification Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committees (BAC) decision on disqualifying Promatechis on the ground that during post-qualification the equipment to be procured was not available for inspection, is valid. [T]he Government Procurement continue reading : NPM No. 064-2012

Requesting Entity: National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement Details Whether the NCMH can adopt Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) or (Small Value) in its procurement of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel refill while waiting for the conclusion of its scheduled public bidding for the same project under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its continue reading : NPM No. 065-2012

Requesting Entity: Road Board Issues Concern: Constitution of the Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) Details (1) Whether a personnel from the Accounting Unit may be designated as a regular member of the BAC. Section 11.2.2 provides the qualifications of BAC members for NGAs such as Road Board Secretariat (RBS). Based on this provision, the membership continue reading : NPM No. 060-2012