Requesting Entity: City of Bago, Negros Occidental Issues Concern: Applicability of R.A. 9184 Details Whether the following procurement transactions are covered by the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9184 (RA 9184), to wit:1. Video/photography documentation;2. Entertainers/performers for special occasions; and3. Television Coverage (with only one TV station operating province-wide). The definition of continue reading : NPM No. 060-2009

The BAC, with the assistance of the Technical Working group, BAC Secretariat and end-user unit, has the prerogative and responsibility to determine pertinent information relative to public procurement, such as the terms, conditions, specifications, including additional requirements it may deem relevant, subject to existing laws and issuances. Relative thereto, please be informed that the GPPB continue reading : NPM No. 059-2009

Requesting Entity: Jacinto Magtanong Wui Jacinto Esguerra & Uy Law Offices Issues Concern: ODA-funded Procurement/Direct Contracting Details Propriety of resorting to direct contracting for a procurement that will be partly funded through a tied-commercial loan agreement. The applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR to the subject procurement is anchored on [the] representation that government/public funds continue reading : NPM No. 058-2009

Requesting Entity: Allied Trade Resources Issues Concern: Submitted vs. Calculated Bid Prices Details Whether the Contract Price Award should be based on the Calculated Bid Price, or the Submitted Bid Price of the bidder. A reading of [Sec. 37.1 of IRR-A], taken together with Sec. 37 of RA 9184, leads us to the conclusion that the continue reading : NPM No. 057-2009

Requesting Entity: National Electrification Administration Issues Concern: Application of Tax Treatment of Cooperatives as Eligible Bidders Details Clarification on the tax treatment of cooperatives eligible as bidders under Section 32.2.2 of the revised Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9184 (RA 9184). [B]ased on previous deliberations by the GPPB on the matter, it is continue reading : NPM No. 055-2009

Requesting Entity: Municipal Accountant’s Office, Solano Nueva Vizcaya Issues Concern: Applicability of RA 9184 Details Inquiry on the applicability of RA 9184 to a project that will be implemented and financed by a private company. It is clear from [Sec. 4] that when no government funds is used to finance a procurement project of a Local continue reading : NPM No. 056-2009

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Issues Concern: Bidding for security services Details 1. Whether a certification by the bidder that it shall abide by the labor laws and it shall accept sanctions that may be imposed, would satisfy its compliance with the legal requirement of a certification that the bidder has complied with all continue reading : NPM No. 051-2009

Requesting Entity: National Electrification Administration Issues Concern: Adjustment of Technical Specifications and ABC; Honoraria Details 1. Whether the BAC can adjust, prior to re-bidding, the technical specifications and ABC of one (1) lot, which failed out of the five (5) lots bidded out. It is clear [under Sec. 35 of the revised IRR] that the BAC continue reading : NPM No. 052-2009

Requesting Entity: National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) Issues Concern: Incentive Bonus Details Whether or not the formula for the computation of Incentive Bonus stated under Contract Implementation (CI) Clause 9 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree No. 1594 (PD 1594), as amended, may be applied for contracts awarded under RA 9184. continue reading : NPM No. 053-2009

Requesting Entity: Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) Issues Concern: Head of Procurement Entity (HOPE) in Water Districts Details 1. Who may be considered as the Head of the Procuring Entity for water districts? Under Section 5(t) [of the revised IRR of RA 9184], the head of the procuring entity in GOCCs refers to the governing board continue reading : NPM No.054-2009