Requesting Entity: United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corp. (Cocolife) Issues Concern: Various Issues on Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Details Is private bidding sanctioned by RA 9184? Private bidding, per requesting entity’s definition, is a bidding which is unpublished or not posted with a pre-disqualified bidder. x x continue reading : NPM No. 123-2012

Requesting Entity: Office of the New Bilibid Prison – Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Issues Concern: Procurement of Catering Services Details Whether catering services fall under the Goods category. Although x x x under Section 5(r) of the IRR shows that catering services is not among those expressly included as general support services, nonetheless, catering services continue reading : NPM No. 124-2012

Requesting Entity: Bacolod City Water District (BCWD) Issues Concern: Reference to Brand Names Details Whether a non-unidirectional feature of a water meter is tantamount to making reference to a particular brand name. [T]hat a technical specification in the Bidding Documents providing for a non-unidirectional water meter will only fall within the prohibition under Section 18 continue reading : NPM No. 125-2012

Requesting Entity: Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Issues Concern: Advance Payment for Consulting Services Details Whether advance payment can be made at any time during the implementation of the contract. Advance payment, as a general rule, is not allowed. As an exception, however, advance payment may be extended to a consultant for purposes of continue reading : NPM No. 126-2012

Requesting Entity: Road Board (RB) Issues Concern: Composition of the Road Board Secretariat Special Bids and Awards Committee (RBS-SBAC) Details Whether the RBS can appoint its Chief Accountant as SBAC member. COA Circular 2003-004 states in clear and unequivocal terms that the Chief Accountant and the personnel of the Accounting Unit of any agency of continue reading : NPM No. 120-2012

Requesting Entity: University of the Philippines Manila Issues Concern: Separate Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Details Whether the Philippine General Hospital may create a separate BAC which shall be exclusively responsible for all its procurement needs. [A]lthough the general rule requires the creation of a single BAC, the establishment of separate BACs in accordance with continue reading : NPM No. 119-2012

Requesting Entity: Jodaar Cottage Industries Issues Concern: Domestic Preference and the Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) Requirement for Goods Details Whether local suppliers offering foreign products are barred from participating in government procurement. Section 43.1.1 of the revised IRR of RA 9184 x x x provides that in the interest of availability, efficiency and timely continue reading : NPM No. 118-2012

Requesting Entity: Good Governance Books Issues Concern: Exclusive Distributorship Details Whether the immediate resort to Direct Contracting in the procurement of books authored by a particular author is justified by the fact that they are published and distributed by an exclusive distributor. [T]he Procuring Entity must justify the necessity for an item that may only continue reading : NPM No. 116-2012

Requesting Entity: Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Issues Concern: Posting of Warranty Security under Section 62 of Republic Act 9184 Details Which version of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9184 shall be applied to R.D. Policarpio and Company, Inc. (RDPCI) in posting the warranty security for a project that commenced in continue reading : NPM No. 117-2012

Requesting Entity: Credit Information Corporation (CIC) Issues Concern: Scope and Application of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Details Whether there is a need for CIC to undergo the process of competitive bidding in procuring the services of IFC, or, in view of the Grant offered by the continue reading : NPM No. 115-2012