Requesting Entity: Bessang Pass Security Agency, Inc Issues Concern: No Contact Rule Details Whether sending a communication or letter to the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) after opening of bids constitutes a violation of the “no contact rule” under Section 32.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) or Republic Act (RA) 9184. Settled is the continue reading : NPM No. 003-2012

Requesting Entity: M.Y. Reyes Builders & Development Corp. Issues Concern: Request for Price Escalation for the Partial Construction of Francisco Balagtas Elementary School Details Assistance on the issuance of the required certification by the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) to support the request for price escalation by M.Y. Reyes Builders and Development Corp. (M.Y. continue reading : NPM No. 002-2012

Requesting Entity: Philippine Science High School – Central Visayas Campus Issues Concern: Request for Exemption from Resort to Negotiated Procurement (Take-Over of Contracts) Details Request for exemption from resorting to Negotiated Procurement (Take-Over of Contracts) under Section 53.3 of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) or Republic Act (RA) 9184 after the contract for the continue reading : NPM No. 005-2012

Requesting Entity: Laguna Lake Development Authority Issues Concern: Agency-to-Agency Agreements Details Whether the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) can directly engage the services of the University of the Philippines – Los Baños (UPLB) through UPLB Foundation Incorporated (UPLBFI) for LLDA’s project entitled “institutional Strategic and Developmental Agreement for Laguna Lake Water” or “ISDA sa LAWA” Project. continue reading : NPM No. 004-2012

Requesting Entity: Mindanao University of Science and Technology Issues Concern: Indemnification for BAC Members Details 1.Whether the judgment contemplated under Section 73 of the IRR is one that is final, non-appealable, and executory. Since Section 73 used the phrase “finally adjudged” in describing the judgment necessary for the application of the indemnification package, it is our continue reading : NPM No. 044-2011

Requesting Entity: Presidential Communications Operations Office Issues Concern: Applicability of the Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services under GPPB Resolution No. 05-2010 Details Clarification on the perceived conflict between Government procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolutions 18-2007 and 05-2010 in relation to the engagement of APO Production Unit, Inc. (APO) as a Recognized Government Printer (RGP). continue reading : NPM No. 046-2011

Requesting Entity: City of Legazpi Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Emergency Cases) Details Clarification on the propriety of resorting to Emergency Cases under Negotiated Procurement of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [S]ection 10 of RA 9184 and its IRR mandates that competitive bidding is the primary mode of procurement. Exceptions continue reading : NPM No. 045-2011

Requesting Entity: Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority Issues Concern: Engagement of the Recognized Government Printers Details Whether Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) can no longer avail of the services of the APO Production Unit (APO) for its standard and accountable forms through Section 53.5 of Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [N]o continue reading : NPM No. 047-2011

Requesting Entity: Forest Management Bureau Issues Concern: Bids and Awards Committee Composition and Membership Details 1.Whether the Forest Management Bureau’s (FMB) present Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) composition complies with the requirements of Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [T]he first determination of a procuring entity’s compliance with the ‘rank’ continue reading : NPM No. 034-2011

Requesting Entity: City of Digos, Davao del Sur Issues Concern: Accreditation System for Bidders Details Whether the system of accreditation suppliers/contractors being implemented by the City of Digos is in accordance with Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. [T]he enactment of RA 9184 brought about major reforms in the procurement system, the continue reading : NPM No. 033-2011