Requesting Entity: Department of Budget and Management Cordillera Administrative Region Issues Concern: Local Government Units; Procurement of Accountable Forms Details Applicability of Section 24 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10651 or the General Appropriations Act of 2015 on the procurement of Accountable Forms by Local Government Units (LGUs) GPPB Resolution No. 05-2010 provides that procuring continue reading : NPM No. 062-2015

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

Requesting Entity: Tax Clearance; Direct Contracting Issues Concern: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Department of General Services – Security Plant Complex Details Whether a Tax Clearance is required to be submitted by suppliers in the procurement of goods through Direct Contracting under Section 50 of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and continue reading : NPM No. 064-2015

Requesting Entity: Butuan City Water District Issues Concern: Detailed Engineering for Infrastructure Projects Details Whether the detailed engineering design requirements for the renovation of the Procuring Entity’s (PE) building should be prepared by the Contractor or by the PE. Based on Section 17.6 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9184, as a continue reading : NPM No. 063-2015

Requesting Entity: Senate of the Philippines Issues Concern: Retention Money Details Clarification on the price threshold for the imposition of the ten percent (10%) retention money. [T]here is no price threshold for the imposition of the ten percent (10%) retention money in the procurement of goods and infrastructure projects. It does not distinguish whether the continue reading : NPM No. 067-2015

Requesting Entity: Province of Guimaras Issues Concern: Accountable Forms; Local Government Units Details Whether the printing of accountable forms of the local government unit can be done through competitive bidding or through direct contracting Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution 05-2010 (Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services) provides that procuring entities should resort to public bidding continue reading : NPM No. 066-2015

Requesting Entity: Occidental Mindoro State College (OMSC) Issues Concern: Disclosure of Relations Details Whether a bidder is prohibited to participate in a bidding opportunity if one of its corporate officers is the sibling of a board member of the procuring entity, and whether the concerned board member can execute a notarized Letter of Intent to continue reading : NPM No. 065-2015

Requesting Entity: STX Marine Service Issues Concern: Domestic Preference Details Whether Domestic Preference is also applicable to procurement of services, i.e. Operation and Maintenance Service Contract; While Section 5(r) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184 classifies general support services as part of Goods procurement, this does not mean that continue reading : NPM No. 068-2015

Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines Issues Concern: Direct Contracting Details Whether the procurement of Optical Parametric Generator that is available only from a foreign company with intellectual property rights on the equipment’s design may be procured through Direct Contracting Direct Contracting may be allowed when the procurement involves goods of proprietary nature, which can continue reading : NPM No. 070-2015

Requesting Entity: Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – Information Systems Management Office (ISMO) Issues Concern: Small Value Procurement Details Guidelines to be used in case only one (1) supplier submitted a quotation, even after the deadline for submission of quotation has been extended, for a procurement project undertaken through Small Value Procurement (SVP) in accordance continue reading : NPM No. 069-2015