Requesting Entity: Department of National Defense (DND) Issues Concern: Government Procurement Policy Board Resolution No. 29-2012 and Bank Draft/Guarantee or Irrevocable Letter of Credit Issued by a Foreign Bank Details Whether the bidders are required to include in their statement of all ongoing and completed contracts government and private contracts those contracts governed by non-disclosure continue reading : NPM No. 041-2014

Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Issues Concern: Termination of Contracts Details 1.Whether the procedures for termination of contracts provided in the General Conditions of Contract of the Philippine Bidding Documents for the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects, and in the Guidelines on Termination of Contracts apply to infrastructure projects where the contract continue reading : NPM No. 044-2014

Requesting Entity: M8 Manpower Services (M8) Issues Concern: Computation of Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) Details Clarification on contract duration that will be referred to for determining the value of K in the computation of the NFCC. The value of “K” must be based on the duration of the contract under consideration, or the would continue reading : NPM No. 062-2014

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Tigaon Issues Concern: ISO Certification Details Whether an ISO Certification can be included as a requirement for bidding of an ARCP II project that is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). At the outset, we would like to clarify two things. First, procurement continue reading : NPM No. 037-2014

Requesting Entity: Ms. Teresita M. Mistal Issues Concern: Application of RA 9184 to Local Government Units (LGUs) Details Whether the Members of the BAC in LGUs may come from offices other than those included in the enumeration in Sec 11.2.3 of the IRR of RA 9184. The list of offices mentioned in Sec 11.2.3 of continue reading : NPM No. 036-2014

Requesting Entity: U-High Solutions, Inc. (UHSI) Issues Concern: Acceptability of Tax Delinquency Verification Certificate Details Whether a Delinquency Verification Certificate can be used as a replacement for the Tax Clearance requirement, which is one of the eligibility requirements for competitive bidding under the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184. continue reading : NPM No. 039-2014

Requesting Entity: Caveat Law Issues Concern: Expendable Supplies Details Whether Maintenance Free Lead Acid Batteries and Retrofit Led Flasher Lights are considered as expendable supplies under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The determination of the classification of the goods as expendable or non-expendable is material to the continue reading : NPM No. 038-2014

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Animal Industry Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman Details Opinion on the propriety of the appointment of an Agriculturist I with a Salary Grade Eleven (SG-11) as BAC Chairman. [A]ny person holding a position existing within the organizational structure of the procuring entity and who possesses the required ranking continue reading : NPM No. 040-2014

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police (PNP) – Police Regional Office 8 Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.2 (Emergency Cases) Details Whether PNP-RO 8 is authorized to procure goods and infrastructure projects through Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.2 (Emergency Cases) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 to continue reading : NPM No. 030-2014

Requesting Entity: City Government of Navotas Issues Concern: Warranty Security and Warranty against Structural Defects Details Guidance on the rules on the implementation of the warranty security requirement under Section 62.2.3.3 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 vis-à-vis the warranty period against structural defects under Section 62.2.32 continue reading : NPM No. 033-2014