Requesting Entity: V.G. Roxas Co., Inc. Issues Concern: Post-Qualification; Protest Mechanism Details Clarifications on the alleged irregularities committed in a bidding conducted by the Procuring Entity (PE) The Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office (GPPB-TSO) only renders policy and non-policy opinions, respectively, on issues pertaining to the interpretation and application of continue reading : NPM No. 111-2014

Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) Issues Concern: Shopping (Unforeseen Contingency) Details Clarification on the necessity of the Bids and Awards Committee’s (BAC) participation in Shopping under Section 52.1(a) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 As a general rule, after the decision to resort to continue reading : NPM No. 114-2014

Requesting Entity: National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Issues Concern: Concurrent Membership in the BAC Secretariat and Technical Working Group (TWG) and Acceptance Details Whether the Head of the BAC Secretariat can concurrently hold or be designated as the Head of the Technical Working Group (TWG) and vice versa. Although there is no express prohibition on continue reading : NPM No. 113-2014

Requesting Entity: Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Issues Concern: Submission of Bid Security Details Whether bidders are required to submit two (2) forms of bid security, i.e. Bid Securing Declaration (BDS) and another form under Section 27.2 of the revised IRR of RA 9184. As clarified under GPPB Circular No. 01-2014, bidders are not required continue reading : NPM No. 116-2014

Requesting Entity: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office No. IV-A (DENR IV-A) Issues Concern: Contract Approval and the Reservation Clause Details Whether the Head of the Procuring Entity (HOPE) may validly exercise discretion to approve or disapprove the recommendation of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) even after the lapse of the mandatory continue reading : NPM No. 115-2014

Requesting Entity: JROG Marketing (JROG) Issues Concern: Warranty Security for the Procurement of Goods Details Whether winning bidders, in the procurement of goods, may use surety bonds as a warranty security. Section 62 of Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) clearly state that there are only two (2) types continue reading : NPM No. 108-2014

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS RO) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting Details Whether the MWSS RO can resort to Direct Contracting for the procurement of the subscription to Bloomberg Professional Service (BPS) The approval of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) before a Procuring Entity (PE) may proceed with the alternative method of continue reading : NPM No. 110-2014

Requesting Entity: Bulacan State University (BSU) Issues Concern: Substitution of the Retention Money Details Clarification on the meaning of the phrase “provided that the project is on schedule and is satisfactorily undertaken” in Section 6.2 of Annex “E” (Contract Implementation Guidelines for the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic continue reading : NPM No. 109-2014

Requesting Entity: Atty. Manuel L.G. Capistrano Issues Concern: Section 5.2.3 of Resolution No. 24-2007 Details Clarification on the interpretation of Section 5.2.3 of the Guidelines on the Procurement of Security and Janitorial Services (Guidelines) Section 5.2.3 of the Guidelines should be read together with Section 5.2 of the same Guidelines for a complete understanding of continue reading : NPM No. 106-2014

Requesting Entity: Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Issues Concern: Change of Specifications Details Whether the offer of a contractor to deliver an item with specifications different from that indicated in the bidding documents is acceptable. Public bidding will cease to be competitive if PEs will be permitted to make substantial variance between the conditions continue reading : NPM No. 107-2014