Requesting Entity: Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) Issues Concern: Additional Payment for Extension of Contract for Consulting Services Details Whether payment of additional compensation for extended services of consultants due to causes out of their control, such as inclement weather among others, is allowed under procurement rules. Section 2 of Annex “F” of the revised continue reading : NPM No. 131-2015

Requesting Entity: Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Issues Concern: Procurement By Lot Details Whether a quotation submitted by a supplier may be accepted if it exceeds the budget of an individual item if such quotation does not exceed the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) of a contract procured through Small Value Procurement under continue reading : NPM No. 130-2015

Requesting Entity: National Food Authority (NFA) Issues Concern: Custodian of Procurement Records Details Which office should take the custody of the original documents pertaining to successfully procured projects and other documents related to procurement undertaken by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Section 14.1(d) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act continue reading : NPM No. 132-2015

Requesting Entity: Fishers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FMPC) Issues Concern: Conflict of Interest on Government Employees’ Cooperative Details Basis of the prohibition against government employees cooperative to participate in the procurement within its agency on the ground of conflict of interest. [C]onsidering the principles of competition, transparency and accountability as clearly expressed in RA 9184 and its continue reading : NPM No. 113-2015

Requesting Entity: LGU Suyo, Ilocos Sur Issues Concern: Availability and Sale of Bidding Documents Details Whether it is required that a prospective bidder is logged in to the PhilGEPS to be able to purchase the Bidding Documents. [A] prospective bidder is not required to log into the PhilGEPS to purchase the Bidding Documents. Under Sections continue reading : NPM No. 115-2015

Requesting Entity: Aspen Multi-System Corp. Issues Concern: Attendance during Bid Opening and Bidder’s Access to Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Resolutions Details 1. Whether the Procuring Entity (PE) can bar non-bidders from observing its scheduled opening of bids [I]t is clear from the public nature of the bidding process, particularly the opening of bids, that continue reading : NPM No. 114-2015

Requesting Entity: Marinduque State College Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Composition Details Whether the end user can at the same be a BAC member [T]he end-user or its representative is a member of the BAC, only that his membership therein is provisional in nature Section 11.2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of continue reading : NPM No. 116-2015

Requesting Entity: Omniprime Marketing, Inc. Issues Concern: Joint Venture Participation; Written Queries Details Whether Joint Ventures may be prohibited by the Procuring Entity (PE) to participate in a bidding process. Joint Ventures are expressly allowed to participate in bidding activities. It promotes competition as it provides a recourse for bidders who would otherwise fail to continue reading : NPM No. 117-2015

Requesting Entity: PPG Construction Corporation Issues Concern: Format and Signing of Bids Details Whether bidders are required to affix both their full or long signature and their initials in each and every page of the bid A cursory reading of Clause 19.4 of the PBD reveals that two requirements must be complied with by the continue reading : NPM No. 118-2015

Requesting Entity: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Issues Concern: Tax Clearance Details Whether the submission of tax clearance is a requirement for the award of projects procured through Shopping and Negotiated Procurement (Small Value Procurement) in accordance with Sections 52 and 53.9 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) continue reading : NPM No. 105-2015