Requesting Entity: Philippine Postal Savings Bank, Inc. Issues Concern: Award of Contract to the Bidder with Higher Price Quotation using Small Value Procurement (SVP) as Alternative Modality Details Whether Bids and Awards Committee can award the contract to a supplier who offered better specifications, but with price higher than the lowest received quotation. [T]he bidder continue reading : NPM No. 094-2012

Requesting Entity: City of Navotas Issues Concern: Termination for Convenience under the Guidelines on Termination of Contracts Details Whether the City Government of Navotas can terminate an existing contract pursuant to Section III(B) of the Guidelines on Termination of Contracts (Guidelines) considering that conditions exist making the project implementation economically, financially or technically impracticable. [S]ince continue reading : NPM No. 093-2012

Requesting Entity: JV Ascutia Construction Corporation Issues Concern: Basis of Performance Security Details Which between the Approved Budget for the Contract and Contract Price should be the basis for the amount of performance security? [S]ection 39.2 of the IRR of RA 9184 is clear that the Performance Security, whether it is in the form of continue reading : NPM No. 092-2012

Requesting Entity: Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) Issues Concern: Honorarium Details Whether the Head of the BAC Secretariat who is at the same time holding the position of OIC of the Procurement Division may be entitled to receive honorarium. [T]he second paragraph of Section 5.6 of DBM Circular No. 2004-5A issued on 7 October 2005, continue reading : NPM No. 085-2012

Requesting Entity: Migo Construction Issues Concern: Small B Category under the Allowable Range of Contract Cost (ARCC) Details Whether a bidder was improperly declared ineligible for failure to comply with the Single Largest Completed Contract requirement despite the fact that it falls under the Small B category which may be allowed to bid if the continue reading : NPM No. 087-2012

Requesting Entity: JVF Commercial and Project – Development Support Service (JVF) Issues Concern: Competitive Public Bidding and Refund of the Cost of Bidding Documents Details 1. Whether the requirement of one brand only for all the equipment in the ITB provided obstacles for a competitive open public bidding and unduly favored one prospective supplier. Section continue reading : NPM No. 086-2012

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya Issues Concern: Procurement of Accountable Forms by Local Government Units (LGUs) Details Whether LGUs can procure Accountable Forms from private printers other than the three (3) recognized government printers (RGPs), mandated by Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution 05-2010 or the Guidelines on the Procurement of continue reading : NPM No. 088-2012

Requesting Entity: Light Rail Transit Authority Issues Concern: Single Largest Completed Contract Requirement for an Incorporated Joint Venture Details Whether the track record of partners may be considered and credited in favor of an incorporated Joint Venture (JV) for the purpose of complying with the technical eligibility requirements on the procurement of infrastructure projects. A continue reading : NPM No. 089-2012

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Mamburao, Province of Occidental Mindoro Issues Concern: Infrastructure Projects by Administration Details What are the requirements for the Municipality of Mamburao in adopting project implementation “by administration” for its Infrastructure Projects? [T]he Municipality should first verify and ascertain whether the Project which it sought to undertake “by administration” is included in continue reading : NPM No. 090-2012

Requesting Entity: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) – Security Plant Complex (SPC) Issues Concern: Exemption from Performance and Warranty Securities Details Whether the procurement of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) through Direct Contracting may be exempt from the submission of performance and warranty securities. Section 39.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act continue reading : NPM No. 091-2012