Requesting Entity: Izumo Contractors, Inc. Issues Concern: Protest on Decisions of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Details What is the procedure in contesting the decision of the BAC at any stage of the procurement process? If a x x x bidder desires to contest the BAC’s decision at any stage of the procurement process, continue reading : NPM No. 084-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit (COA) – Regional Office No. VI Issues Concern: Shopping and Small Value Procurement Details Whether purchases made through Shopping and Small Value Procurement under separate Purchase Requisitions (PRs), amounting to more than Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php500,000.00) collectively, for catering services for trainings to be conducted at the same period and continue reading : NPM No. 083-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Education (DepED) Issues Concern: Insufficient Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) Details Whether the insufficiency of the NFCC of the bidder may result to its ineligibility or disqualification. [T]he financial documents required to be submitted for purposes of determining the financial eligibility of the prospective bidders are the following: (1) the prospective continue reading : NPM No. 081-2012

Requesting Entity: Bulacan State University (BSU) Issues Concern: Bid Evaluation for the Procurement of Services Details Whether a bid containing dashes and spaces in the price schedule is considered complete and responsive. Section 32.2.1 of the IRR of RA 9184 provides that unless the Instructions to Bidders allow partial bids, bids that do not address continue reading : NPM No. 082-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Issues Concern: Exemption from Public Bidding Details Exemption from the public bidding process as mandated under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). At the outset, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) cannot grant exemption to the bidding requirement in line with its mandate to continue reading : NPM No. 006-2012

Requesting Entity: Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Issues Concern: Evaluation of the Bill of Quantities; Authorization to Participate in the Bidding Details 1. Whether placing of a dash or leaving a blank item in the Miscellaneous Expense in the Bill of Quantities results to the disqualification of the bidder. [T]he Generic Procurement Manual (GPM) for continue reading : NPM No. 080-2012

Requesting Entity: Center for Governance – Operations Management Office Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Issues Concern: Payment Tranches for Consultants Details Clarification on the propriety of the payment terms for consulting contracts with proposed payment tranches as follows:   – 15% of the total project price upon signing of the contract;   – 65% of the total project continue reading : NPM No. 078-2012

Requesting Entity: Den-Tronix International Trading (Den-Tronix) Issues Concern: Translation of Foreign Documents Details Whether a foreign document translated and authenticated by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and authenticated by the Philippine Consulate General (Philippine Consulate) in Shanghai, China, should be further re-authenticated by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of continue reading : NPM No. 079-2012

Requesting Entity: Bacolod City Issues Concern: Nature of Business of the Bidder as Stated in the Mayor’s Permit Details Whether the submitted Mayor’s Permit of the construction company that does not include the nature of business for the bidding of the “Garbage Collection and Hauling” project of the City of Bacolod could pass the eligibility continue reading : NPM No. 077-2012

Requesting Entity: Poblador Bautista & Reyes Issues Concern: Eligibility to Bid of a Foreign Bidder based on Reciprocity Details Requesting confirmation that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Philippines, Inc., a domestic corporation with ninety nine percent (99%) British equity, may be declared eligible to participate in the competitive bidding activities for the supply of goods to the Philippine Government, continue reading : NPM No. 075-2012