Requesting Entity: Commission on Population (POPCOM) Issues Concern: Designation and Composition of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Members Details Whether the Division Chief of the Finance Services Division can be designated as regular member of the BAC without any legal impediment. [W]e are of the view that the Division Chief for the Finance Service Division continue reading : NPM No. 104-2012

Requesting Entity: Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) Issues Concern: Return of Bidding Documents to Losing Bidder after Submission of Waiver to File Request for Reconsideration Details Whether the BAC may return the bidding documents submitted by a losing bidder upon the latter’s submission of a waiver to file a request for reconsideration. [T]he purpose of continue reading : NPM No. 103-2012

Requesting Entity: Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting under the Guidelines on Procurement of Water, Electricity, Telecommunications and Internet Service Providers Details Whether PRC can resort to Direct Contracting pursuant to Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution 019-2006 or the Guidelines on Procurement of Water, Electricity, Telecommunications and Internet Service Providers (Guidelines) in continue reading : NPM No. 099-2012

Requesting Entity: Eladio D. Perfecto Issues Concern: Authority of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to Impose Additional Requirements for Infrastructure Projects undertaken by the NG Details Whether a local government unit, through its Sangguniang Panlalawigan, may impose additional requirement as part of the technical documents to be submitted by the contractor in a public bidding. [T]he issuance continue reading : NPM No. 101-2012

Requesting Entity: Strategic Synergy, Inc. (SSI) Issues Concern: Items/Services Included in the Terms of Reference (TOR) Details Whether a winning bidder may be compelled to deliver items/services that are not specifically identified and mentioned in the TOR but merely interpreted as “understood”. [I]n the absence of the Supplemental/Bid Bulletin reflecting the appropriate changes in the Bidding continue reading : NPM No. 100-2012

Requesting Entity: National Tobacco Administration (NTA) Issues Concern: Grounds for Disqualification Details Whether the allegations of poor performance and existing accountabilities for past projects with another government agency raised against a qualified bidder may be used by the Procuring Entity (PE) as grounds for disqualification based on Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules continue reading : NPM No. 102-2012

Requesting Entity: City of Parañaque Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) for temporary housing units Details Whether the existing circumstances relating to the recent demolition in Silverio Compound, Parañaque City, would justify the City Government to resort to Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) under Section 53.2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act continue reading : NPM No. 098-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Issues Concern: Section 53(e) of the IRR-A as a self-executing provision Details Whether GPPB Resolution No. 03-2007 dated 30 March 2007, which amended Section 53(e) of Implementing Rules and Regulations-Part A (IRR-A) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184, is self-executory or requires the issuance of guidelines for its implementation. continue reading : NPM No. 097-2012

Requesting Entity: Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) Details Whether the O&M can be procured through Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases). [T]he use of Negotiated Procurement premised on Section 53.2 of the revised IRR must be couched upon actual circumstances and situations determined through a careful and meaningful assessment of all continue reading : NPM No. 095-2012

Requesting Entity: Agilex Security Agency Inc. (ASAI) Issues Concern: Computation of Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) Details Clarification on the contract duration that will be referred to for determining the value of K in the computation of the NFCC provided under Section 23.5.1.4 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. continue reading : NPM No. 096-2012