Requesting Entity: Office of the City Legal Officer of Iloilo Issues Concern: Procurement of Services of an Architect Details Whether the services of an architect to prepare and submit a plan/design for the new City Hall building is required to undergo competitive bidding. In accordance with Section 10 of R. A. 9184, as a general rule, continue reading : NPM No. 025-2007

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Animal Industry – Department of Agriculture Issues Concern: Negotiated Procurement under Section 53 (d) of the IRR-A of Republic Act No. 9184 Details Whether contract for the construction of waste treatment facility may be procured through Section 53 (d) of the IRR-A of R. A. 9184. [U]nder Section 12 of R.A. 9184, continue reading : NPM No. 024-2007

Requesting Entity: 911 Alarm Issues Concern: Eligibility Requirements for Joint Ventures Details 1. Whether all parties to the Joint Venture have to submit all documents in the Eligibility Documents envelope, or just the Legal Documents. [W]e reiterate our ruling that each member of the Joint Venture shall submit the Legal Documents under the eligibility requirements. This continue reading : NPM No. 026-2007

Requesting Entity: Metro Iloilo Water District Issues Concern: Cash Deposit Certificate Details Whether a cash deposit certificate issued by a licensed bank must certify a hold-out on cash deposits at least equal to ten percent (10%) of the ABC, which shall be specific to the contract to be bid. If the bidder opts to submit a continue reading : NPM No. 027-2007

Requesting Entity: San Jose Del Monte City Water District Issues Concern: Disposal Committee under COA Circular No. 86-264 Details 1. Whether the functions of the BAC created under COA Circular No. 86-264 are deemed included in the scope of authority of the BAC created under R. A. 9184. COA Circular 86-264 provides the general guidelines on continue reading : NPM No. 028-2007

Requesting Entity: National Power Corporation Issues Concern: Procurement of Fuel Additive by Direct Contracting Details Whether the supply of a fuel additive, being manufactured by a foreign company with international patent protection both for technology and its application and solely distributed by a local distributor, may be procured through Direct Contracting. 9184. In order to justify continue reading : NPM No. 029-2007

Requesting Entity: Calamba Water District Issues Concern: Price Adjustment Due to Increase in Minimum Wage Details 1. Whether increase in minimum wage is an extraordinary circumstance which justifies increase in contract amount Based on the definition of the term “extraordinary circumstance” under Section 61.1 and its Guidelines (Guidelines for Contract Price Escalation), a mandated wage increase is continue reading : NPM No. 030-2007

Requesting Entity: Bureau of Fire Protection Issues Concern: Tax Returns Filed Through EFPS Details Whether the filing of income and business tax returns electronically using the EFPS, pursuant to E.O. 398 and RR 3-2005, has already been adopted by the GPPB The foregoing issuances have been adopted by the GPPB in its Circular No. 02-2005 dated continue reading : NPM No. 031-2007

Requesting Entity: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Issues Concern: Procurement of Printing Services Details 1. Whether printing services classified as goods under Section 5 (k) of the IRR-A of R.A. 9184. We believe that, based on the enumeration of what constitutes “related” or “analogous services”, printing services should be considered as goods. Applying the well-established continue reading : NPM No. 018-2007

Requesting Entity: Clark Development Corporation Issues Concern: Procurement of Engineering Design Services Details Whether corporations are allowed to engage in public bidding conducted by the government for engineering design services (consultancy services). The governing law on the practice of Civil Engineering is R.A. 544, otherwise known as the “Civil Engineering Law”. Its Section 2 defines the continue reading : NPM No. 019-2007