Requesting Entity: Assurance Controls Technologies Co., Inc. Issues Concern: Period of Action for Procurement Activities Details (1) Whether the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), in its bidding for Digital Radiology System, could accept an unbranded equipment. [T]he Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office (TSO) only render policy and non-policy opinions respectively, on issues continue reading : NPM No. 052-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Issues Concern: Composition of the Bids and Awards Committee and Requirement for Terms of Reference Details (1) Whether the actions/decisions of a Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) which was presided over by the Vice-Chairman by reason of the resignation of the Chairman may be considered valid pursuant to Section 11.2.1 continue reading : NPM No. 053-2012

Requesting Entity: Bulacan State University Issues Concern: Discrepancy in Bid Price Details Clarification on which amount of the bid price should prevail under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). x xx Section 32.2.3 of the IRR of RA 9184 is very clear that in cases of discrepancies between bid prices in continue reading : NPM No. 048-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Issues Concern: On the Application of Warranty Security under Section 62 Details Whether the DOTC may continue to require its contractors to renew warranty securities for its completed projects which were implemented applying Section 62 under the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR)-A, or should the DOTC instead apply continue reading : NPM No. 049-2012

Requesting Entity: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Issues Concern: Statement of All Ongoing and Completed Government and Private Contracts Details Whether the bidder may substitute a list of its top ten completed contracts for the requirement under Section 23.1(a)(iii) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184. x xx Section 23.1 of continue reading : NPM No. 050-2012

Requesting Entity: Provincial Local Government Unit of Ifugao – CAR Issues Concern: Design and Build Infrastructure Project Details Clarification on the seemingly contradictory provisions on the submission and evaluation of detailed engineering requirements provided in Section 17.6 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 and Section 8 of Annex “G” of continue reading : NPM No. 044-2012

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Treasury Issues Concern: Multi-Year Contracts and the Multi-Year Obligational Authority Details Confirmation/comment that a Multi-Year Obligational Authority (MYOA) is not required for Multi-Year Contracts (MYC) of Security and Janitorial Services, which have regular annual appropriations. [R]ules for extension of Security and Janitorial contracts are governed by the Revised Guidelines on Extension of continue reading : NPM No. 045-2012

Requesting Entity: Davao City Water District (DCWD) Issues Concern: Multi-year Vehicle Lease Contracts Details Whether multi-year vehicle lease contracts may be allowed under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has issued DBM Circular No. 2004-12 on 7 October 2004 prescribing the guidelines and procedures continue reading : NPM No. 046-2012

Requesting Entity: Bendimil Construction and Development Corporation Issues Concern: Mixed Procurement Details Clarification on the propriety of the decision of the National Power Corporation (NPC) to classify under “Goods” the project for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Test and Commissioning of One (1) Unit 77MVA Generator Transformer. [W]hether an intended procurement is of goods or of infrastructure, continue reading : NPM No. 047-2012

Requesting Entity: Creser Precision Systems, Inc. (CPSI) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting (Domestically produced patented inventions) Details Whether the procuring entity should immediately resort to Direct Contracting in the instance that there is a domestic manufacturer of patented ammunitions. [I]n order to justify the need to procure through direct contracting, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) should continue reading : NPM No. 042-2012