Requesting Entity: Jodaar Cottage Industries Issues Concern: Protest Fee; Sealing and Marking of Bids Details Whether a bidder may be disqualified on the basis of non-observance of the procedure on sealing and marking of bids. [W]hile rules of procedure on the marking of the bids are detailed and more specific, the rules of procedure on continue reading : NPM No. 145-2012

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Issues Concern: Printing of Fuson Stamps Details Whether the Implementing Guidelines on Agency-to-Agency Agreements (Guidelines) apply to BIR’s engagement of the services of APO Production Unit (APO) for the Printing of Secured Fuson Stamps (Project) to be affixed on each manufactured pack of cigars and cigarettes, wherein the continue reading : NPM No. 139-2012

Requesting Entity: Technology Resource Center (TRC) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting under Section 50(c) of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 Details Whether TRC can resort to Direct Contracting as provided in Section 50 of RA 9184 and its IRR in the procurement of equipment exclusively designed, developed and produced continue reading : NPM No. 140-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Issues Concern: Payment of Overtime Services to Members of the BAC Secretariat Details Can members of the BAC Secretariat claim overtime pay for services rendered in excess of official working hours for all procurement related activities, i.e. not limited to services rendered for projects procured through competitive bidding? continue reading : NPM No. 141-2012

Requesting Entity: Legal Services Sector Commission on Audit (COA) Issues Concern: Procurement Agent Details Whether a start-up Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) may use the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of another agency during the period when it is unable to establish its own BAC. Section 53.6 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) continue reading : NPM No. 143-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit (COA) Region VI Issues Concern: Requiring Eligibility Documents when Resorting to Alternative Methods of Procurement Details Whether it is necessary to require losing suppliers in any of the alternative methods of procurement to submit eligibility documents. [T]he revised IRR of RA 9184 is silent whether or not eligibility documents mentioned continue reading : NPM No. 142-2012

Requesting Entity: Office of the Provincial Engineer Province of Negros Oriental Issues Concern: Payment of Additional Compensation to Consultant Details Whether giving additional compensation to a consultant may be allowed under Clause 14 of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC), Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs 4th Edition) for the Procurement of Consulting Services issued by the continue reading : NPM No. 137-2012

Requesting Entity: Mary Curt Builders & Construction Supply Issues Concern: Status of Opinion under NPM 39-2004 Details Whether the opinion stated in Non-Policy Matter No. 39-2004 relative to Section 23.11.2 (3) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 subsists and may still be considered in the interpretation continue reading : NPM No. 138-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Southern Mindanao Campus (SMC) Issues Concern: Criteria for Evaluation of Janitorial and Security Services Details Whether PSHS-SMC may adopt a different set of criteria in evaluating the bid proposals for the procurement of security and janitorial services. GPPB Resolution 24-2007, which adopts the Guidelines on the Procurement of continue reading : NPM No. 135-2012

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Regulatory Office Issues Concern: Absence of Quorum during the Opening of Financial Bid Details Whether the decision of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the MWSS to proceed with the Opening of the Bidder’s Financial Bid despite the absence of quorum is a continue reading : NPM No. 136-2012