Requesting Entity: Philippine National Police National Headquarters Issues Concern: Creation of Sub-Bids and Awards Committee Details Whether the PNP may establish one main PNP-NHQ BAC and five PNP-NHQ sub-BACs according to the nature of procurement. Section 11.1.1 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 provides in part that continue reading : NPM No. 074-2013

Requesting Entity: V.G. Roxas Co., Inc. (VGRCI) Issues Concern: Computation of Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) based on the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Details Whether the NFCC of a bidder participating in the procurement of several lots should be at least equal to the ABC of all the lots to which it participated continue reading : NPM No. 076-2013

Requesting Entity: Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) Issues Concern: Authority of the Bidder’s Legal Representative Details Whether PNRI could revoke an awarded contract prior to its implementation due to a question on the authority of the representative to submit bid and represent the would be bidder company. Should it be established that the representative has continue reading : NPM No. 075-2013

Requesting Entity: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cebu Extension Office (CEO) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.1 (Two-Failed Bidding) of Republic Act No. (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Details Whether the SEC-CEO Bids and Awards Committee should conduct a re-bidding or resort to negotiated procurement for the procurement of continue reading : NPM No. 072-2013

Requesting Entity: Quezon City General Procurement Office Issues Concern: Force Majeure in Infrastructure Contracts Details Whether it is possible to include force majeure within the coverage of the warranty against structural defects of fifteen (15) years for permanent structures and five (5) years for semi-permanent structures in the Terms of Reference for infrastructure contracts. [W]hile the Local continue reading : NPM No. 073-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Finance (DOF) Issues Concern: Additional Participants in the Consultancy Service Contract Details Whether additional qualified participants could attend the Masteral Degree Program covered by the Consultancy Service Contract between the DOF and Asian Institute of Management, with Approved Budget for the Contract in the amount of Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand continue reading : NPM No. 070-2013

Requesting Entity: QT Builders Issues Concern: Eligibility Requirement; Valid PCAB License Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) may declare a contractor as “eligible” despite the submission of a Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) license with validity period after the date of the opening of the bids. [D]ocumentary requirements must be “complete” and “sufficient”, continue reading : NPM No. 071-2013

Requesting Entity: APO Production Unit, Inc. (APO) Issues Concern: Printing of Social Security System (SSS) Forms Details Clarification on the propriety of the plan of SSS to procure printing services for some of its forms (RS5, R5, and R6) through public bidding. The Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services (Guidelines) defines Accountable Forms as continue reading : NPM No. 062-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Finance (DOF) Issues Concern: Applicability of General Conditions for the Contract Clause 17.3 to Security and Janitorial Services Details Whether the warranty security requirement under Clause 17.3 of the General Conditions of Contract in the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs) for the Procurement of Goods may be dispensed with in the procurement continue reading : NPM No. 064-2013

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office (RFO) No. 2 Issues Concern: Use of Limited Source Bidding (LSB) or Lease-to-Own Agreement in the Acquisition of Motor Vehicle Details Whether the procurement of brand new utility motor vehicle through lease purchase or lease-to-own contract finds basis under Section 46 of the Implementing Rules and continue reading : NPM No. 063-2013