Requesting Entity: Supreme Court- Office of the Court Administrator Issues Concern: Delegation of Authority by the Bids and Awards Committee Details Whether the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for the Halls of Justice of the Office of the Court Administrator may validly delegate its authority to a unit within the Supreme Court to handle Shopping and continue reading : NPM No. 034-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Issues Concern: Statement of Work Accomplished and First Progress Payment Details Whether Clause 40.4 of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC), in relation to Section 5.1 of the Contract Implementation Guidelines for the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects (Guidelines), is applicable even if the actual work is less continue reading : NPM No. 035-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine National Railways Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) Details Whether the BAC can proceed to Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) after a first failed bidding under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he application of Negotiated Procurement in Emergency Cases contemplates the following instances: 1.In case of imminent danger continue reading : NPM No. 031-2012

Requesting Entity: Office of the City Planning and Development Coordinator – Danao City Issues Concern: Infrastructure Projects by Administration Details (1) Can the Office of the City Planning & Development Coordinator (OCPDC) include in the preparation of Program of Work and Estimates the cost of rental of equipment and tools to be used in the project continue reading : NPM No. 032-2012

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Corrections Issues Concern: Blacklisting Details Clarification on Section 4.8(1) of the Uniform Guidelines for Blacklisting of Manufacturers, Suppliers, Distributors, Contractors, and Consultants as basis for blacklisting. [I]n order to properly use Section 4.1(8) of the Guidelines as basis for blacklisting, the act committed by the bidder should be of the same kind continue reading : NPM No. 033-2012

Requesting Entity: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Issues Concern: Counter-offer or Counter Proposal Details Whether the BAC will be violating any rules under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) if it decides to consider the bid of a lone bidder, which complied with all the legal and technical requirements of the project, continue reading : NPM No. 029-2012

Requesting Entity: Resource Management Group – Bureau of Internal Revenue Issues Concern: Resort to Negotiated Procurement (Agency-to-Agency) and (Procurement Agent) Details Whether the BIR may resort to Negotiated Procurement (Agency-to-Agency) in its procurement of services for its construction project and Negotiated Procurement (Procurement Agent) to tap the services of the servicing agency in the conduct of continue reading : NPM No. 030-2012

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit Issues Concern: Municipal Administrator as Chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee Details Whether a Municipal Administrator who is holding a coterminous position can be appointed as Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman. Please note that Section 11.2.2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9184 refers to the continue reading : NPM No. 028-2012

Requesting Entity: Bacolod City Water District (BCWD) Issues Concern: Administrative Department Manager as Bids and Awards Committee Member Details Whether the BCWD Administrative Department Manager is qualified as a member of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). We wish to inform you that the BCWD Administrative Department Manager is qualified as a regular member of the continue reading : NPM No. 027-2012

Requesting Entity: Social Security Services Issues Concern: Creation of Technical Working Group for the Bids and Awards Committee Details Whether Technical Working Group (TWG) created under Section 12.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184 is composed of a pool of technical, financial and/or legal experts coming from various units with continue reading : NPM No. 026-2012