Requesting Entity: PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PIA) Issues Concern: Applicability of the Provisions of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Details Whether RA 9184 and its IRR is applicable in PHIVIDEC’s proposed port expansion considering the following aspects: (1) There is an existing contractual relationship between PIA and MICTSI, continue reading : NPM No. 155-2012

Requesting Entity: Mount Sinai Scientific and Pharmaceutical Supply Issues Concern: Reference to Brand Names Details Whether reference to brand name in the bidding documents for the procurement of Rapid Plasma Reagent is allowed. Section 18 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 provides an absolute prohibition as regards reference continue reading : NPM No. 156-2012

Requesting Entity: Regulatory Office Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Issues Concern: Extension of Contract with Additional Remuneration of Consultant Details Whether TIEZA may be allowed to grant time extension with corresponding additional remuneration to its consultant under the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184. Section 2 of Annex continue reading : NPM No. 157-2012

Requesting Entity: HERI Consulting, Inc. (HERI) Issues Concern: Reference to Brand Names Details Whether reference to brand name in relation to the engine of a specific brand of vehicle is allowed to be included in the bidding documents. Section 18 of the IRR of RA 9184 imposes an absolute prohibition on reference to brand names. continue reading : NPM No. 158-2012

Requesting Entity: Procurement Service (PS)-Department of Budget and Management Issues Concern: Acquisition of Real Property Details Whether Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) prohibits the PS from undertaking the acquisition of real property. The acquisition of real property is governed by RA 8974 otherwise known as “An Act to continue reading : NPM No. 159-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Membership Details Whether Division Chiefs in Offices and Bureaus without Assistant Bureau Director (ABD) positions are considered fifth ranking officials of DSWD for purposes of determining BAC membership. [I]t is the plantilla of the agency that will define whether continue reading : NPM No. 160-2012

Requesting Entity: Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF) Australian AID Issues Concern: Defects Liability Period (DLP) and Modification of the Provisions of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC) Details Whether fair wear and tear is covered under the one (1) year DLP. Since the cause of the repair that the Contractor is required to undertake is continue reading : NPM No. 161-2012

Requesting Entity: Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) Issues Concern: Guidelines for Design and Build Projects Details What is the proper course of action in case the bidding documents issued by the procuring entity provided for the inclusion of the Value Engineering Analysis of Design and Construction Method in the Second Envelope (Financial Proposal), instead of continue reading : NPM No. 162-2012

Requesting Entity: Aztek Construction Firm Issues Concern: Payment of Bidding Documents and Requirement for Certificate of Registration and License for Shipyard and Ship Repair Yards Details Whether it is valid for the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) to require your company to pay anew for the Bidding Documents in the rebidding of the same project. continue reading : NPM No. 163-2012

Requesting Entity: Joint Venture of CM Countermeasures Equipages & Security Technologies, CESKA ZbrojovkA A.S. & Kolonwel Trading Issues Concern: Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) Requirement for Joint Venture (JV) Details Whether a JV between a local company and a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong may be allowed to submit the SLCC of continue reading : NPM No. 164-2012