Requesting Entity: Baguio City Issues Concern: Submission and Acceptance of Bids Lower than the Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agency Operators Inc. (PADPAO) Rate Details Whether or not the city Government of Baguio should only accept bids that follow the prescribed rates of the Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agency Operators Inc. (PADPAO) in continue reading : NPM No. 148-2004

Requesting Entity: National Food Authority Issues Concern: Negotiations Pursuant to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture (WTO-AoA) Details 1. Whether the AoA executed pursuant to the WTO of which the Philippine government is a signatory is considered an executive/international agreement, hence, may fall within the purview of an executive agreement which must be observed under continue reading : NPM No. 149-2004

Requesting Entity: Office of the Government Corporate Counsel Issues Concern: Applicable rules in foreign-funded government procurement contracts Details What rules shall govern foreign-funded procurement projects? The enactment of Republic Act No. 9184 (R.A. 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) paved the way for the institutionalization of procurement reforms in the country, particularly continue reading : NPM No. 146-2004

Requesting Entity: Government Service Insurance System Issues Concern: Procurement for Third Party Securities Custodianship Details Whether or not the selection for third party securities custodian should pass through the bidding process. It is clear that R.A. 9184 and its IRR-A prescribe public bidding as the general mode that shall be used by Government agencies in the continue reading : NPM No. 147-2004

Requesting Entity: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Issues Concern: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Details What legal remedy is available to the BAC in case it advertently stated on its Bid Documents that the required bond shall be at the rate of 2½% of the bid amount instead of 2½% of the Approved Budget for the Contract? As continue reading : NPM No. 144-2004

Requesting Entity: JPL Construction Issues Concern: Request for Clarification on Government’s Policy on Transparency in Public Bidding Details Whether or not JPL Construction is entitled to a copy of the detailed evaluation and comparison of bids as requested. Hence, a copy of the detailed evaluation and comparison of bids, if any, cannot be demanded by a continue reading : NPM No. 145-2004

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Fire Protection Issues Concern: Queries on Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184) and Its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) Details 1. Is the failure of the BAC to require a simultaneous submission of the first and second envelopes sufficient ground to declare a failure of bidding? A careful study of the continue reading : NPM No. 143-2004

Requesting Entity: Office of the Municipal Engineer of Sablan Issues Concern: Queries on Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations-Part A (IRR-A) Details Whether or not all projects and programs under the 5% calamity fund will no longer pass through the BAC, since the Sangguniang Bayan Resolution has already identified the mode continue reading : NPM No. 141-2004

Requesting Entity: Alphaomega Integrated Corporation Issues Concern: Request for Clarification on Some Procurement Policies Anent National Transmission Corporation’s Bid Project Details 1. Whether or not foreign bidders may be allowed to bid. Foreign suppliers are allowed to participate in public bidding, albeit limited and on the condition that the requirements as set forth in GPPB Resolution continue reading : NPM No. 140-2004

Requesting Entity: Department of Justice Issues Concern: Opinion on Philippine Ports Authority’s Request for Exemption from the Conduct of Public Bidding for its Proposed Extension of Berth and Berthing Facilities at the Batangas Port Development Project, Phase 2 Details 1. Whether or not the proposed extension of berth and berthing facilities at the BPDP2 may be continue reading : NPM No. 139-2004