Requesting Entity: First United Constructors Corporation Issues Concern: Single Largest Contract Details Whether the accomplished portion of a contract which was terminated for convenience (without the contractor’s fault) may be considered as part of the contractor’s “completed contracts” for the purpose of determining compliance with the single largest contract requirement. [T]ermination for convenience is an option continue reading : NPM No. 016-2010

Requesting Entity: Provincial Government of Davao del Sur Issues Concern: Shopping and Small Value Procurement Details Whether the Technical Working Group (TWG) have the authority to conduct Shopping and Small Value Procurement and sign the Abstract of Quotations. Section 2(c) of the Guidelines for Shopping and Small Value Procurement (Guidelines) provides that “after the decision to continue reading : NPM No. 015-2010

Requesting Entity: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Issues Concern: Formalization of verbal advice regarding the following matters: Details 1. Whether Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may set a deadline for the availability of bid documents at a date earlier than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids. No. Section 17.3 (a) of the revised Implementing continue reading : NPM No. 014-2010

Requesting Entity: Department of Public Works and Highways Issues Concern: Certification from the Insurance Commission Details Clarification on the certification that must be issued by the Insurance Commissioner if a bidder opts to submit a surety bond as a form of bid, performance, or warranty security. One of the problems commonly raised by procuring entities is continue reading : NPM No. 013-2010

Requesting Entity: Municipality of San Pedro Issues Concern: Warranty Security Details 1. Is warranty security required in the procurement of goods through alternative methods, particularly under Small Value Procurement and Shopping under Section 53.9 and 52, respectively, of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184)? To ensure that manufacturing defects shall continue reading : NPM No. 012-2010

Requesting Entity: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Issues Concern: Clarifications on several provisions of the revised IRR Details 1. Whether the prohibition on the approving authority’s membership in the BAC as stated in Section 11.2.5 of the IRR applicable to all kinds of approving authorities (e.g., approval of purchase requisitions, approval of award, signing of contract, approval continue reading : NPM No. 011-2010

Requesting Entity: National Housing Authority Issues Concern: Certificate of No Pending Case Details Whether there has been any modification, amendment, or revocation of Government Procurement Policy Board Circular No. 01-2008, entitled Clarification on the Adoption of Additional Eligibility and Technical Documents to Ensure Compliance with Labor Laws and Other Social Legislation. [T]he GPPB has neither amended continue reading : NPM No. 010-2010

Requesting Entity: Office of the ACoFAS for Logistics, A-4 Issues Concern: Contract Delivery Extension Details Clarification on the following: 1) May the procuring entity grant several extensions in the delivery of goods upon determination that the grounds cited by the supplier are meritorious? The procuring entity may grant several extensions in the delivery period as long continue reading : NPM No. 009-2010

Requesting Entity: Davao City Water District Issues Concern: Repeat Order Details Clarification on the following: 1) Does the fact that there are still water meters to be delivered affect the requirement of the “need to replenish”? It bears stressing that the determination of whether to engage in any of the alternative modes of procurement is vested continue reading : NPM No. 008-2010

Requesting Entity: Alabang – Sto. Tomas Development Company Inc. Issues Concern: Agency-to-Agency Agreements Details Whether the opinion stated in Non-Policy Matter (NPM) 21-2008 issued last 16 September 2008 applies to the proposal of Alabang – Sto. Tomas Development Company, Inc. (ASDI) to engage the services of Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC). Under Section 53.5 of the continue reading : NPM No. 007-2010