Requesting Entity: Department of Education Issues Concern: Required Sworn Statement/Affidavit on Disclosure of Relations Details Whether a sworn statement/affidavit signed by the directors, officers, and controlling stockholders of a corporation aside from the Omnibus Sworn Statement is necessary to comply with the requirement for a sworn affidavit under Section 47 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations continue reading : NPM No. 008-2011

Requesting Entity: Department of Transportation and Communication Issues Concern: Valid PCAB License and Registration for Joint Venture Bidders Details Requirement for the submission of Joint Venture (JV) License by bidders forming into a JV. A reading of Section 38 of RA 4566 reveals that two or more contractors jointly submitting a bid are prohibited from doing continue reading : NPM No. 007-2011

Requesting Entity: Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Issues Concern: Application of the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services Details 1. Whether the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services should apply to procurement where the Invitation to Bid was posted prior to its effectivity. Please be advised that the aforementioned Guidelines, which took effect continue reading : NPM No. 005-2011

Requesting Entity: Social Security System Issues Concern: Habitual Withdrawal of Bids Details 1. Determination whether an act may be considered habitual withdrawal. Section 26.2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 provides that bidders may withdraw their bids prior to the deadline for the receipt of bids by submitting a letter continue reading : NPM No. 006-2011

Requesting Entity: Laguna Lake Development Authority Issues Concern: Validity of Contract Award, Construction Agreement and Notice to Proceed Details Whether the contract of award, construction agreement and notice to proceed issued to the contractor on the absence of a confirmatory resolution from the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) legal and continue reading : NPM No. 002-2011

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Internal Revenue Issues Concern: Applicability of the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services Details 1. Whether the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services remains to be applicable despite the enactment of Republic Act 10147, otherwise known as the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2011. I]t is our view that the continue reading : NPM No. 003-2011

Requesting Entity: Procurement Service – Department of Budget and Management Issues Concern: List of Countries with Reciprocal Rights Details 1. Whether there is an available list of the countries with which the Philippines has reciprocal rights as mentioned in Section 23.5.1.2 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184. [T]he GPPB continue reading : NPM No. 004-2011

Requesting Entity: APO Production Unit Inc. Issues Concern: Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services Details Whether the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services issued through Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution No. 05-2010 remains to be applicable despite the enactment of Republic Act 10147 otherwise known as the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2011. continue reading : NPM No. 001-2011

Requesting Entity: Department of Public Works and Highways Issues Concern: Submission of Credit Line as a Contract Document Details 1. Whether a prospective bidder which submitted a Credit Line Commitment (CLC) equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC), must likewise submit a CLC as part of the contract. x x continue reading : NPM No. 028-2010