Requesting Entity: National Telecommunications Commission Issues Concern: Eligibility Criteria for the Procurement of Goods-Single Largest Similar Contract Details Application of exemption to the requirement for a Single Largest Completed Contract and determination of a similar project. It is clear that the procuring entity is given an option to require as a substitute to the fifty percent continue reading : NPM No. 001-2009

Requesting Entity: PAG-IBIG – Home Development Mutual Fund – Lucena Branch Issues Concern: Computational Errors Details Whether the corrected bid price of the Lowest Calculated Bid (LCB) should be used in determining the Contract Price. Based on [Sections 32.4.1 and 32.4.4 of the IRR-A], it is clearly within the ambit of the BAC’s authority to make continue reading : NPM No. 003-2009

Requesting Entity: DBM – Regional Office VIII Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53 (h) Details Whether or not negotiated procurement under Section 53 (h) of the IRR-A entails competitive bidding. Negotiated Procurement under Section 53 (h) of IRR-A does not involve any bidding activity. Under Section 53 (h) of the IRR-A, procuring entities are allowed continue reading : NPM No. 052-2008

Requesting Entity: City of Iloilo Issues Concern: Designation of Local Chief Executive’s Representative Details 1. Who may be designated as Local Chief Executive representative for purposes of signing documents related to the procurement process? Inasmuch as the nature and form of the delegation of power that the LCE may bestow upon his/her “duly authorized representative” is continue reading : NPM No. 050-2008

Requesting Entity: NPC – Visayas Operations and Maintenance Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53 (a) Details Seeking guidance in the conduct of Negotiated Procurement and in accepting alternative documents in place of tax returns filed and paid through EFPS. Pursuant to Section 53 (a) of R.A. 9184 and its IRR-A, one of the conditions under continue reading : NPM No. 051-2008

Requesting Entity: DOTC – Metrostar Express Issues Concern: Single Largest Similar Contract for Procurement of Goods Details Whether or not the minimum requirement on the Single Larges Completed Contract for Goods may be increased. It is clear from the foregoing [Sec. 23.11.1 (2)] that the procuring entity is given an option to require, as a substitute continue reading : NPM No. 049-2008

Requesting Entity: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Issues Concern: Composition of the Bids and Awards Committee Details Request for clarification whether the composition of the BAC for Regional Offices conforms with the provisions of IRR-A of R.A. 9184. Section 11.2.1 of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184 specifies the regular BAC members for national government agencies, departments, bureaus, continue reading : NPM No. 048-2008

Requesting Entity: Marinduque State College Issues Concern: Bidding Process for Procurement of Security Services Details 1. Whether or not pre-qualification may be conducted on the same day as the pre-bid conference. The conduct of a combined pre-bid conference and pre-qualification is not sanctioned under the law nor its IRR-A. In fact, GPPB Resolution No. 14-2006 clearly continue reading : NPM No. 046-2008

Requesting Entity: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Issues Concern: Establishment of Multiple Bids and Awards Committees Details Whether or not an office may validly further subdivid its BAC for procurement of regular supplies and equipment into several BACs. [T]he existing policy is that each procuring entity is mandated to establish a single BAC in its head office. continue reading : NPM No. 047-2008

Requesting Entity: Calumpit Water District Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53(d) Details Request for clarification on the application of negotiated procurement under Section 53 (d) in relation to Section 54.2 of the IRR-A. Under Section 53 (d) of the IRR-A, the procuring entity may directly negotiate a contract with a technically, legally, and financially capable continue reading : NPM No. 045-2008