Requesting Entity: Davao City Water District (DCWD) Issues Concern: Multi-year Vehicle Lease Contracts Details Whether multi-year vehicle lease contracts may be allowed under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has issued DBM Circular No. 2004-12 on 7 October 2004 prescribing the guidelines and procedures continue reading : NPM No. 046-2012

Requesting Entity: Bendimil Construction and Development Corporation Issues Concern: Mixed Procurement Details Clarification on the propriety of the decision of the National Power Corporation (NPC) to classify under “Goods” the project for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Test and Commissioning of One (1) Unit 77MVA Generator Transformer. [W]hether an intended procurement is of goods or of infrastructure, continue reading : NPM No. 047-2012

Requesting Entity: Creser Precision Systems, Inc. (CPSI) Issues Concern: Direct Contracting (Domestically produced patented inventions) Details Whether the procuring entity should immediately resort to Direct Contracting in the instance that there is a domestic manufacturer of patented ammunitions. [I]n order to justify the need to procure through direct contracting, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) should continue reading : NPM No. 042-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No. 13 – CARAGA Issues Concern: Procurement of Second-Hand or Reconditioned Equipment Details Whether the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga Region may initiate the procurement of reconditioned equipment through public bidding. It is the procurement of second-hand vehicle/equipment through an auction that is prohibited by continue reading : NPM No. 043-2012

Requesting Entity: Center for Health Development (CHD) – CALABARZON Issues Concern: Tax Evasion Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of CHD may suspend an on-going infrastructure project for a period of one (1) month due to the tax evasion case filed by Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against DQT Builders Corporation. [B]ased on the continue reading : NPM No. 041-2012

Requesting Entity: National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Issues Concern: Compliance with the Technical Specifications Details Seeking opinionrelative to the findings by the Technical Working Group, during the technical and post-qualification stage of the bidding, of differences in the requirement for the project vis-a-vis the bid submitted by the bidder. [D]uring the post-qualification stage of the bidding process, continue reading : NPM No. 040-2012

Requesting Entity: Provincial Government of Biliran Issues Concern: Posting of Notice of Award and Notice to Proceed in the PhilGEPS Website Details Whether posting of the Notice of Award and Notice to Proceed in the PhilGEPS website is mandatory. Pursuant to Section 37.1.6 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. continue reading : NPM No. 037-2012

Requesting Entity: National Irrigation Administration (NIA) – Regional Office No. 5 Issues Concern: Additional Requirements in the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs) Details Request for inclusion of additional requirements, i.e., Affidavit of Site Inspection and Experience Requirement, under the PBDs for the infrastructure projects of NIA. Affidavit of Site Inspection [T]he PBDs for infrastructure projects, specifically, Instructions continue reading : NPM No. 039-2012

Requesting Entity: Santiago Vidad Law Offices Issues Concern: Certification for Foreign Bidders Details [C]ertification x x x will suffice so long as it satisfies the following elements: (1) the entity issuing the certification is the appropriate and authorized relevant government agency or office; and, (2) it should state that Filipinos are allowed to participate in their continue reading : NPM No. 038-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture Issues Concern: Failure to Fill in Rates and Prices in the Bill of Quantities Details Whether the failure of the lone bidder to fill in the Rates and Prices in the Bill of Quantities amounts to a nonresponsive bid based on Clause 28.3 of the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs). Considering that continue reading : NPM No. 036-2012