Requesting Entity: Pangasinan State University Issues Concern: Decision of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC); Qualification of BAC Chairman; Internal Check and Balance; Conflict of Interest Details 1. Will the Decision of the BAC to recommend award be considered valid even without the presence and participation of the BAC Chairman? Can the Chair, by himself, continue reading : NPM No. 168-2015

Requesting Entity: Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Issues Concern: Unsatisfactory Delivery of Goods Details Actions to be undertaken relative to the Cancellation of Purchase Order, due to the unsatisfactory delivery of goods by the supplier [I]n case the Supplier fails to perform any obligations under the Contract, such as continue reading : NPM No. 170-2015

Requesting Entity: Bacolod City Water District (BCWD) Issues Concern: Performance Security Details Which between the five percent (5%) performance security for delivery of goods and the ten percent (10%) performance security for infrastructure projects shall be used, in case it is necessary for the winning bidder to undertake an infrastructure component before it can the continue reading : NPM No. 169-2015

Requesting Entity: Commission on Audit (COA) Issues Concern: Deviations from the Requirements of RA 9184 and GPPB Rules and Regulations Details 1. Whether a “new establishment” with no experience and no audited FS can be awarded a government contract. 2. Whether the provisions of PPA’s Administrative Order No. 04-2012 on the inclusion of new establishment continue reading : NPM No. 171-2015

Requesting Entity: Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) Issues Concern: Agency-to-Agency Agreements Details Does the act of PHLPost in having its Joint Venture (JV) partner undertake the printing of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) cards negate the Agency-to-Agency (A-to-A) nature of the proposed Memorandum of Agreement between PHLPost and PHIC, considering that the participation of the continue reading : NPM No. 172-2015

Requesting Entity: Joint Venture of Pilipinas Micro-Matrix Technology Inc. and Philcox Philippines Inc. Issues Concern: Tax Clearance; Bidding Documents; Failure of Bidding under Section 41 Details Failure of Bidding on the ground that the template document for eligibility documents did not reflect the Tax Clearance Certificate requirement [T]he Tax Clearance is now included as part continue reading : NPM No. 174-2015

Requesting Entity: City of BisligIssues Concern: Technical Specifications Details Whether the procurement of two (2) different models for the purchase of the motorcycles under the same procurement activity is in accord with Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 and its revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). [A] procuring entity, guided by lawful, valid, and reasonable limitations, continue reading : NPM No. 173-2015

Requesting Entity: Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Issues Concern: Procurement of Common-use Supplies Details Exemption from Administrative Order (AO) No. 17 , Series of 2011, relative to MARINA’s procurement of inks/toners from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) [I]t is beyond the power of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) to continue reading : NPM No. 176-2015

Requesting Entity: Josmarc Enterprises Issues Concern: Certificate of Acceptance Details Whether the BAC could legally require its bidders to submit a Certificate of Acceptance of their offered goods aside from the submission of statement of completed similar projects. [T]he BAC is mandated to require all bidders to submit the end-user’s acceptance, which can be in continue reading : NPM No. 175-2015

Requesting Entity: Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) Issues Concern: Contract Price Escalation; Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Details Requesting approval from the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) to allow the actual amount procured from a signage contractor in excess of the Actual Budget for the Contract (ABC) for various projects implemented continue reading : NPM No. 177-2015