Requesting Entity: Cebu City Government Issues Concern: Purchase of Medicines Details Guidelines relative to the purchase of medicines [T]here is no specific guidelines for the procurement of medicines. Thus, the procurement of medicines follows the rules and procedures for the procurement of other goods and services. The issues encountered by Cebu City Medical Center were continue reading : NPM No. 080-2015

Requesting Entity: Information and Communication Technology Office – Field Operating Office – Mindanao Cluster 1 Issues Concern: PhilGEPS Posting Details Whether it is necessary that the procurement of goods amounting to Seven Thousand Pesos (PhP7,000.00) be posted in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) website. [I]n resorting to Shopping as an alternative method of continue reading : NPM No. 079-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Agrarian Reform Issues Concern: Posting Requirements for Lease of Privately-Owned Real Estate and Venue Details Whether it is required to post the Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the lease of real estate and venue in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) [A]dvertisement or posting of the RFQ for the lease continue reading : NPM No. 082-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Issues Concern: Performance Fee Details Whether a government-procured Fund manager may be entitled to a Performance Fee. [T]he procurement at issue, which is in the nature of consulting services, is subject to the established principle that all consultancy contracts shall be fixed price contracts, and therefore, not subject to continue reading : NPM No. 081-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Issues Concern: BAC Composition Details Whether a contractual employee may qualify as a provisional member of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) representing the end-user unit. [A]ll members of the BAC, whether regular or provisional, must occupy a plantilla position in the procuring entity. [T]he plantilla position continue reading : NPM No. 083-2015

Requesting Entity: Department of Science and Technology – CARAGA Issues Concern: Advertisement and Posting Details Whether the Request for Expression of Interest (REI) should be re-advertised in a newspaper of general circulation during the re-bidding of its consulting services [U]nder Section 35.3 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. continue reading : NPM No. 084-2015

Requesting Entity: Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Issues Concern: Withdrawal of Bids; Arithmetical Correction Details Arithmetical Corrections For transparency purposes, any arithmetical corrections shall be communicated in writing to the concerned bidder for confirmation. If the bidder fails to accept the arithmetical corrections per the computation made by the BAC, the bidder will be continue reading : NPM No. 085-2015

Requesting Entity: Duty Free Philippines Corporation Issues Concern: Direct Contracting; Executive Order No. 423 Details Request for guidance and approval relative to the plan to engage the services of an identified consultant through Negotiated Procurement of Direct Contracting [A]s a rule, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office have no power continue reading : NPM No. 086-2015

Requesting Entity: Himamaylan Water District Issues Concern: Property/Supply Officer as BAC Chairperson Details Propriety of designating a Property/Supply Officer as Chairperson of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). [A] Property/Supply Officer may be designated as BAC Chairperson, provided that such officer possesses all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications under existing laws, rules and continue reading : NPM No. 087-2015