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

Requesting Entity: Clark Development Corporation Issues Concern: Eligibility Requirements for Joint Venture Agreements for Design and Build Infrastructure Projects Details Clarification on the required Class “B” documents for a Design and Build Infrastructure Project under Republic Act (RA) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). Legal Documents Required to be Submitted by a JV Section continue reading : NPM No. 024-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of National Defense Issues Concern: Grant of Contract Delivery Extension Details Clarification relative to the rules on the grant of extension of delivery period and the corresponding imposition of Liquidated Damages on the procurement of goods Please note that as a general rule, the supplier/manufacturer/distributor must deliver the goods or perform the services continue reading : NPM No. 025-2012

Requesting Entity: City of Tayabas Issues Concern: Legal Assistance and Indemnification Package Details Clarification on the rights and benefits of the members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) under Republic Act No. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). As provided in Section 4.1.1 of the Guidelines for Legal Assistance and Indemnification of Bids continue reading : NPM No. 023-2012

Requesting Entity: Bases Conversion and Development Authority Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement (Adjacent or Contiguous) Details Clarification on the term Consulting Service as used in Section 53.4 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184. For your guidance, the provisions on Negotiated Procurement apply to goods, infrastructure projects, and consulting services where the continue reading : NPM No. 022-2012

Requesting Entity: Catalina Security Agency Issues Concern: Additional Eligibility Requirements in the Bidding Documents Details Whether a procuring entity can prevent a bidder, who filed a case against it, from joining a public bidding by placing a prohibition to that effect in its bidding documents. As we have discussed in a previous opinion, procuring entities are continue reading : NPM No. 021-2012