Requesting Entity: Department of Budget and Management Regional Office VIII Issues Concern: Deadline for Submission and Opening of Bids Details Whether the Procuring Entity may revert to its original schedule of submission and opening of bids, although it is less than the prescribed period provided in the rules, in order to fast track its procurement continue reading : NPM No. 096-2015

Requesting Entity: Iloilo Science and technology University (ISTU) Issues Concern: Computation of Liquidated Damages (LD) Details Request for opinion on the correctness and validity of ISTU’s computation as regards the LD it imposed to the contractor of its project [T]he determination of the correctness and validity of the computation, relative to the penalty of liquidated continue reading : NPM No. 098-2015

Requesting Entity: Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting; Mixed Procurement Details Whether DBP could adopt the modality of Direct Contracting under Section 50(a) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) in the procurement of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Management System Upgrading Project (Project). A cursory continue reading : NPM No. 097-2015

Requesting Entity: Annex Digital, Incorporated (ADI) Issues Concern: Sealing and Marking of Bids Details Whether absence of bidder’s signature on the bid envelopes is a ground for disqualification. Clause 20.3 of the ITB for the Procurement of Goods provides that the original and copies of the envelopes containing the technical and financial components of the continue reading : NPM No. 099-2015

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Issues Concern: Submission of a Credit Line Commitment (CLC) Details Whether a Credit Line Commitment (CLC) may be accepted as an alternative to the prospective bidder’s computation of its Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC). Section 23.1(a)(vi) was amended pursuant to GPPB Resolution No. 20-2013 which removed CLC as continue reading : NPM No. 101-2015

Requesting Entity: Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) Issues Concern: Purchase of Motor Vehicles Details Whether the OSG can procure two (2) types of Multi-Purpose Vehicles in one bidding process which will require the OSG to provide different technical specifications for each type of procurement [T]he OSG may indicate different technical specifications for different vehicles continue reading : NPM No. 100-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Science High School – CAR Campus Issues Concern: Acceptability of an expired PCAB License Details Whether government agencies may accept recently expired PCAB license attached with an Official Receipt for renewal, as one of the Class “A” eligibility documents. GPPB Resolution No. 02-2015 applies only to Mayor’s Permit, as one of the Class continue reading : NPM No. 103-2015

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit (COA) Issues Concern: Death of Sole Proprietor Details Effect of the death of the sole proprietor during the implementation of an infrastructure project In government procurement, a bidder is awarded with the contract based on its qualification and compliance with the legal, technical and financial requirements of the procuring entity. continue reading : NPM No. 102-2015

Requesting Entity: Professional Regulation Commission Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Secretariat Head from the Office of the Acting Head of the Procuring Entity (HOPE) Details Whether the designation as head of the BAC Secretariat of an employee temporarily detailed at the office of the acting head of an agency is in accordance with continue reading : NPM No. 104-2015

Requesting Entity: Municipal Government of Calabanga Issues Concern: Disqualification for Failure to State the Brand Name of Offered Product Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) can disqualify a bidder for failure to state the brand name of the product that he offers. [T]o determine whether there is sufficient ground to disqualify a bidder continue reading : NPM No. 061-2015