Requesting Entity: Ayungon Water District (AWD) Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in Local Water Districts Details 1. How can AWD create its BAC with its required composition? Under Section 11.2 of the IRR, the BAC may be composed of at least five (5) but not more than seven (7) members. x x x The continue reading : NPM No. 076-2012

Requesting Entity: MAXIMA Machineries Incorporated Issues Concern: Participation of foreign Bidders Details Whether Maxima Machineries Incorporated (Maxima), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with seventy-two percent (72%) of its outstanding capital owned by a foreign corporation, may be eligible to participate in the continue reading : NPM No. 074-2012

Requesting Entity: Odin Security Agency, Inc. Issues Concern: Validity of the LBP-BAC’s Ground for Disqualification Details Seeking opinion on the validity of the decision rendered by the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in disqualifying Odin Security Agency, Inc. (OSAI), on the ground that it submitted a Notarized Certification and a continue reading : NPM No. 072-2012

Requesting Entity: RTR Ventures Issues Concern: Authentication of Eligibility Documents of Foreign Bidders Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is authorized to revise or change the eligibility requirements for foreign bidders, under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he need for the translation with a corresponding certification of continue reading : NPM No. 073-2012

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Victoria Issues Concern: Request for Exemption from the Requirement of Posting in the PhilGEPS Details Request for exemption from the posting requirement in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) website as provided under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The mandatory character of PhilGEPS posting continue reading : NPM No. 070-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit Region VII Issues Concern: Extension of Contract For Catering Services Details Whether the extension of contracts for general support services provided under the Revised Guidelines on the Extension of Contracts for General Support Services Guidelines includes contracts for catering services. Goods and Services refer to all items, supplies, materials and general continue reading : NPM No. 071-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Lease of Venue) Details Whether the DSWD can directly resort to Lease of Venue, as a mode of negotiated procurement pursuant to Section 53.10 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and Implementing Guidelines for Lease of continue reading : NPM No. 067-2012

Requesting Entity: Den-Tronix International Trading Issues Concern: Failure to Indicate Reference Number of Procurement Activity in the Surety Bond Details Whether the failure to indicate the reference number of a particular procurement in the Surety Bond is a sufficient ground to disqualify a prospective bidder. [A] Surety Bond posted as bid security must comply with the continue reading : NPM No. 069-2012

Requesting Entity: OCM Steel Corporation Issues Concern: Requirement on Similar Contract under Section 23.5.2.5 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 Details (1) Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is allowed to limit eligible bidders to those who have completed at least one (1) healthcare facility of similar nature and continue reading : NPM No. 068-2012

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks And Sewerage System (MWSS) Issues Concern: Commencement of Procurement Activities Prior to Issuance of Certificate of Availability of Funds or Allotment Details Whether the MWSS could proceed with the publication of the Invitation to Bid for the procurement of infrastructure projects on the design and strengthening of the Angat Dam and Dyke continue reading : NPM No. 066-2012