CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD
TECHNICAL SUPPORT OFFICE (GPPB-TSO)
Outline
I.
Scope and Application
II. Procurement Organizations
III. PhilGEPS
IV. Bidding Documents
V. Bidding Procedure
VI. Detailed Evaluation of Bids
VII. Post-qualification
VIII. Award of Contract
IX. Alternative Method of Procurement
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SCOPE AND APPLICATION
Scope and Application:
Authority of GPPB
On Granting exemption from application of RA 9184

It is beyond the authority of the GPPB to grant exemptions from the
application of RA 9184 and its IRR as it does not have the mandate
to legislate nor determine the coverage of the law. The GPPB
however, may render contemporaneous construction of the
provisions of the law pursuant to its quasi-legislative fiat, and issue
rules and regulations on the basis of its rule-making power.
NPM 100-2013
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Scope and Application:
Authority of GPPB
On Resolving issue on post-disqualification
 GPPB cannot grant a bidder’s request to resolve the issue of their
post-disqualification. Nonetheless, they are urged to follow the
prescribed rules and procedures on Protest Mechanism laid down in
Section 55 of the IRR of RA 9184.
 It cannot dictate to the procuring entity how to decide or resolve
issues relative to its procurement activities. The GPPB is a quasilegislative body mandated to formulate and amend the IRR. It has
no quasi-judicial powers and functions; hence, cannot investigate
and ascertain the existence of facts, hold hearings, and exercise
discretion of a judicial nature over actual controversies with regard
to the conduct of bidding by procuring entities.
NPM 104-2013
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Scope and Application:
Authority of GPPB
On Declaring Failure of Bidding
 GPPB is not vested with the authority to declare a PE’s
procurement activity to have incurred a failure of
bidding.
 Declaration of failure of bidding is within the authority
and accountability of the Bids and Awards Committee
and the Head of the Procuring Entity to exercise, under
Sections 35 and 41 of the IRR of RA 9184, respectively.
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Scope and Application:
Non-Applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR
Partnership with interested private entities
 Transactions involving the contribution of money/capital, services,
or assets by the parties to the transaction is considered a Joint
Venture (JV) agreement under Section 5.7 of the Guidelines and
Procedures for Entering Into Joint Venture Agreements Between
Government and Private Entities (JV Guidelines).
NPM 58-2013
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Scope and Application:
Non-Applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR
Treaty or International Executive Agreements
 Procurement rules shall not apply in cases when a Treaty or
International or Executive Agreement expressly provides use of
foreign government/foreign or international financing institution
procurement procedures and guidelines.
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Scope and Application:
Non-Applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR
Disposal of Confiscated Properties
 The Manual on the Disposal of Government Property
covers the disposal of government properties. The
issuance of rules or guidelines on disposal of
government properties is outside the mandate of GPPB.
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Scope and Application:
Non-Applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR
Leasing Out of Government Properties for Private Use
 As long as lease out undertakings do not involve
expenditure of public funds for the procurement of
goods, works and consulting services, RA 9184, its IRR,
and its associated rules will not apply.
 Transactions involving lease of government properties
for private use are covered by Executive Order No. 301,
series of 1987 (EO 301).
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Scope and Application:
Non-Applicability of RA 9184 and its IRR
Engagement of Personnel under Job Order and Contract of Service
 RA 9184 and its IRR will not apply in the hiring of individual
personnel under Job Order or Contract of Service :
a. The engagement does not require that level of expertise as
primary consideration for its selection,
b. It is not what is contemplated under the definition and
enumeration of what involves General Support Services and
analogous services.
 However, RA 9184 and its IRR find applicability in the engagement
of non-personal service through sole proprietorship, partnership or
a corporation contracted for the purpose.
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Scope and Application:
Expandable Supplies
Spare Parts as Expendable Supplies
 If the spare parts sought to be procured have a life expectancy of
more than one (1) year but which shall have decreased substantially
in value after being put to use for only one (1) year, then the same
shall be classified as expendable supplies.
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Scope and Application:
Procurement of Second-Hand Equipment
 Procurement of second-hand, refurbished, or
equipment is allowed under RA 9184 and its IRR.
reconditioned
 The decision of PE to procure second-hand, refurbished, or
reconditioned equipment does not require prior approval or
confirmation from GPPB inasmuch as the responsibility to identify
projects, as well as its requirements and specifications, including
considerations for the acquisition of brand new or second hand
goods/ equipment, rests with the procuring entity.
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Scope and Application:
General Support Service
Engineering Services as General Services

For the maintenance of PE’s offices and facilities,
engineering services may be considered as within the
contemplated coverage of general support services, in
the same vein as are the services for janitorial and
security.
NPM 82-2013
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Scope and Application:
General Support Service
Encoding Service as General Support Service
 “General support services” is understood to include those services
that are essential, indispensable, or necessary to support the
operations of the procuring entity or for the enhancement of the
welfare of its personnel, including non-personal or contractual
services.
 If the encoding services being acquired are essential, indispensable,
or necessary to support of PE’S operations, then such service may be
considered within the coverage of the term “general support
services”.
NPM 127-2013
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Scope and Application:
Accreditation of Bidders
Accreditation System
 Municipal Order requiring an accreditation process for Bidders as a
condition precedent for their participation in procurement activities
of the local government unit runs counter RA 9185 and its IRR
would limit the participation of bidders only to those accredited
suppliers, to the exclusion and prejudice of other bidders in the
market, it in fact contravenes the very basic principles of
competitive bidding.
NPM 48-2013
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Scope and Application:
Registry System

Registry system should not be considered an accreditation system,
and is not tantamount to a finding of eligibility, nor a guarantee that
the registered supplier, contractor, or consultant will be eligible for
any particular procurement activity or contract award.

Prospective bidders not included in the registry system used by the
procuring entity, whether the PhilGEPS or its own manual or
electronic system, should not be precluded from participating in any
procurement opportunity.
NPM 97-2013
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Scope and Application:
Bidder’s Right to Ask Questions
Protest Mechanism
 Section 55 of the IRR states that prospective bidders are allowed to question
decisions of the BAC at any stage of the procurement process by filing a
request for reconsideration within three (3) calendar days from receipt of
written notice or upon verbal notification of such decision.
Clarifications
 Section 22 also affords bidders the opportunity to raise concerns or
clarifications on the requirements, terms, conditions, and specifications
stipulated in the bidding documents for the contract to be bid. Questions or
clarifications pertaining to the matters that may be discussed during the
pre-bid conference must be raised at least ten (10) calendar days before the
deadline set for the submission and receipt of bids
NPM 49-2013
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Scope and Application:
Mixed Procurement
Classification of ICT Services
 An ICT procurement consisting of different components involving
goods, infrastructure project or consulting service is regarded as a
mixed procurement and the nature thereof is based on the primary
purpose of the contract, which must be determined by the procuring
entity based on its identified needs and the best way by which these
needs may be addressed, managed and satisfied.
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Scope and Application:
Mixed Procurement
“Installation” of air conditioning system as a Construction Activity
 The motivation and underlying reason behind the project is of
primordial importance as this will dictate the nature and
categorization of the procurement and the process and procedures
to be adopted whether the procurement activity is treated as goods
or infrastructure project.
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Scope and Application:
PADPAO Rates
 PADPAO rates are rates issued and prescribed by the PADPAO, an
organization of private security agencies (PSAs), in order to ensure
that its member security agencies pay uniform rates for the service
of its security guards.
 However, said rate must be compliant to the wage orders issued by
RTWPB which form part of the labor laws and standards in order to
qualify PSA as bidder. Their compliance is ensured through the
submission of an Omnibus Sworn Statement.
 Non-compliance
disqualification.
therewith
shall
result
in
the
bidder’s
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Scope and Application:
Extension of Mandatory Periods
 Should PE decides to extend the period, it must show and provide
compelling, sufficient, valid, reasonable, and justifiable cause. Such
valid justification, however, will only free officials from penal
sanction or liability, but not from applicable administrative and civil
sanctions or liabilities under existing laws, rules and regulations
NPM 57-2013
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Scope and Application:
Trade-in Transaction
 Proposal amounts to an acquisition of brand new equipment, rather
than just mere repair services, which is different from the original
procurement activity.
 Proposal is akin to a trade-in transaction. It involves two distinct,
but relatively connected activities of government, namely, Disposal
(EO 888) and Procurement (RA 9184).
 Although trade-in is not prohibited, the PE must have intended to
resort to such scheme from the start, and not merely as an afterthought, considering that corresponding disposal and procurement
processes and documentations must be complied with.
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Scope and Application:
Joint Venture Agreements
 The IAESP reveals that the Project pertains to a JV between a GOCC
and a private entity in pursuit of development goals.
 The rules for such transaction are either covered by the Joint Venture
Guidelines issued by NEDA pursuant to §8 of EO 423 (s. 2005); or by RA
6957 (BOT Law), as amended by RA 7718.
 Since the Project involves a JVA, RA 9184 and its IRR, including its
associated guidelines, such as the Guidelines on the Sale of Bidding
Documents, do not apply.
NPM 28-2013
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Scope and Application:
Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI)

The submission of LOI is no longer required upon the
effectivity of GPPB Resolution No. 27-2012.
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Scope and Application:
Projects Partly Funded by Private Funds
 As long as public fund is utilized or contemplated to be
spent for any procurement activity, it shall by force, fall
within the ambit of the present procurement law.
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Scope and Application:
Grant of Honoraria
 Payment of honoraria is limited to procurement that involves
competitive bidding:
o Competitive Bidding (Section 10),
o Limited Source Bidding (Section 49),
o Negotiated Procurement under Two-Failed Biddings (Section 53.1)
 Honoraria will not be paid when procurement is through all the
other alternative modes of procurement
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PROCUREMENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Procurement Organizations:
Head of the Procuring Entity
 Designation as OIC, although temporary in nature, entails the assignment
of additional functions bestowed upon him – functions which otherwise
would have been performed by a duly appointed regular Chief.
 Designation entails exercise and execution of actual, related, incidental
power and authority inherent in the office, unless designation contains
specific reservations, limitations, or qualifications on the functions to be
performed.
 Hence, the OIC is authorized to make decisions on procurement activities of
the PE, subject to the limits stated in the Department Circular.
NPM 14-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
BAC Functions
On Declaration of failure of bidding
 The authority of the BAC to declare a failure of bidding is limited to
instances enumerated in Section 35.1 of the IRR of RA 9184, specifically,
when (a) no bids are received, (b) all prospective bidders are declared
ineligible, (c) all bids fail to comply with all the bid requirements or fail
post-qualification, or, in the case of consulting services, there is no
successful negotiation, or (d) the bidder with the LCB or HRB refuses to
accept the award.
 The BAC cannot declare a failure of bidding for reasons other than those
provided in Section 35. It cannot exercise the reservation clause provided in
Section 41 of the IRR in declaring a failure of bidding since such authority
exclusively belongs to the HOPE.
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Procurement Organizations:
BAC Functions
On evaluation of bids

The BAC, in line with its function of determining the eligibility of
prospective bidders, conducting the evaluation of bids and
undertaking post-qualification, is in the position to rate bidders
as having “passed” or “failed” in complying with the requirements
in the Bidding Documents in accordance with the provisions of RA
RA 9184 and its IRR.
NPM 94-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
Qualifications of a BAC Chair

Procuring entity’s compliance with the ranking requirement under
Section 11.2.2 of RA 9184 and its IRR for its BAC composition and
membership is based on the term “permanent”.

The term “permanent”, does not qualify whether the personnel
occupying the plantilla position holds the same in a contractual,
regular, or permanent status, rather the concern specifically refers to
whether the position exists within the organizational structure of the
procuring entity.

HOPE may appoint someone as BAC Chairperson provided that he
is occupying a plantilla position that is at least third ranking within
the organizational structure of the PE and is not a designated
approving authority.
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Procurement Organizations:
Qualifications of a BAC Chair
4th Level Official cannot be designated as BAC Chairperson
 The absence of a personnel occupying the position of Sr. Vice
President (second ranking), does not make the plantilla positions for
the Sr. Department Manager (fourth ranking) a third ranking plantilla
position.
 As long as the entire organizational structure has the Sr. Vice
President position in the plantilla, the Sr. Department Manager
position remains a fourth ranking plantilla position, for which reason
the Sr. Department Manager cannot be designated as BAC Chairman.
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Procurement Organizations:
Qualifications of a BAC Vice-Chairman
Executive Assistant of the General Manager as BAC ViceChairperson
 The EA of the GM may be appointed as Vice-Chairman of the BAC
provided that he possesses all the qualifications as a regular member of the
BAC under Section 11.2.2(b) or Section 11.2.2(c) of the IRR of RA 9184, and
does not have an approving authority delegated unto him by the HOPE.
 The prohibition stated in Section 11.2.5 of IRR of RA No. 9184 is limited to
the HOPE and/or approving authority wherein they cannot be the
Chairman or a member of the BAC. It is the approving authority that may
be deemed the alter-ego of the HOPE. Thus, for the Alter-Ego Principle to
apply, the EA should be the designated approving authority by the HOPE.
NPM 134-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
Qualifications of a BAC Member
4th Level Official as BAC Member

The BAC for regional offices consists of at least three (3) regular
members, and at least two (2) provisional members. The regular
BAC members, including the BAC Chairperson, shall be at least
third ranking permanent officials.

Fourth ranking permanent officials of regional offices are
disqualified from becoming regular BAC members, but may be
designated as a provisional BAC member since Section 11 of the IRR
does not require a provisional BAC member to be of a specific rank,
thus implying that an employee of any rank can qualify as a
provisional BAC member.
NPM 001-2014
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Procurement Organizations:
Concurrent Positions in the BAC and its Secretariat
 RA 9184 and its IRR do not categorically prohibit the HOPE from
designating the same personnel as BAC member and BAC
Secretariat Head.
 Nevertheless, procurement officials should avoid holding
concurrent positions in the BAC and its Secretariat in accordance
with the thrust to professionalize the procurement organization
geared towards strengthening the procurement functions in order to
increase operational effectiveness and efficiency.
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Procurement Organizations:
Authority of BAC Sec Head to Notarize
 It is not advisable that the BAC Secretariat Head be the same Notary
Public who will notarize the ensuing contract for the project
although the BAC Secretariat Head is, technically speaking, not a
party to a contract between the procuring entity and the winning
bidder.
 It is worthy to stress that questions, insinuations and doubts on the
execution of documents should be obviated at all times.
NPM 66-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
Authority of BAC Sec Head to Sign Document
 BAC Secretariat Head’s authority to sign procurement-related
documents should be confined to those that are within the scope of
her duties and responsibilities under Republic Act (RA) No. 9184
and its IRR, and should exclude those that require the exercise of
discretion, consent or approval on matters under the jurisdiction of
a different authority
NPM 66-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
Authority of BAC Sec to Open and Examine Bids
 Sections 12.1, 30.1 and 30.2 of the revised IRR of RA 9184
categorically vests upon the BAC the authority to determine each
bidder's compliance with the required documents for purposes of
eligibility
 Such authority cannot be delegated to the BAC Secretariat
NPM 69-2013
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Procurement Organizations:
BAC Sec to Conduct Limited Source Bidding
 Section 12.1 of the IRR of RA 9184 categorically vests upon the BAC the authority to
process and evaluate the procurement requirements of bidders.
 The BAC Secretariat, which is tasked to assist the BAC, cannot be delegated with the
functions expressly conferred upon the BAC by RA 9184 and its IRR. An exception to
this policy was established for procurement using Shopping and Negotiated
Procurement (Small Value Procurement) under GPPB Resolution No. 09-2009 for the
reason that these particular methods of procurement are used for contracts that are of
considerably small amount and are generally simple/routinary, such that delegating
the functions to another unit will be more efficient and economical for the procuring
entity.
 However, GPPB Resolution No. 09-2009 did not provide that the same exception be
applicable to LSB inasmuch as the circumstances surrounding procurement activities
using LSB are not similar to those covered by Shopping and Negotiated Procurement
(Small Value Procurement).
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Procurement Organization:
Provisional Member
 Alter Ego principle (also Doctrine of Qualified Political Agency) falls
under the control power of the President, and dictates that
department secretaries are considered alter egos of the President.
 Approving authority may be deemed the alter ego of the HOPE.
Thus, for the Alter Ego principle to apply, the EA must be
designated as the approving authority.
 It is only when the EA is an approving authority that it is
disqualified under §11.2.5 of the IRR of RA 9184 from becoming a
BAC member.
NPM 32-2013
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Procurement Organization:
Separate BAC
 The HOPE may create a separate BAC pursuant to §11.1.2 of the IRR to
expedite the bidding of its numerous projects without the need of securing
any approval or ratification from GPPB, provided it is warranted by: the
number of the items, and the complexity of the items to be procured by the
PE.
 Rank requirement for BAC members provided in §11.2.2 of the IRR should
be followed in the creation of separate BACs.
NPM 04-2013
 State University has authority to establish separate BACs upon its
determination that the creation of separate BACs according to its
geographical location is necessary to expedite the procurement process.
 It may create separate BACs for each of its campuses.
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Procurement Organization:
Conflict of Interest
 Conflict of interest arises when, in the case of the subject matter of
the inquiry, the Chairman of the BFP-BAC that conducted the earlier
procurement was eventually designated as OIC-BFP Chief.
 In this case, the subject procurement is deprived of checks and
balances as one of the persons conducting the bid evaluation and
post-qualification, who is no less than the BAC Chair, may have that
degree of proclivity towards the recommended action of the BAC;
thus, the subsequent award of contract may no longer enjoy the cold
neutrality of an impartial HOPE.
NPM 14-2013
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PhilGEPS
PhilGEPS:
Registration
 §8.5.1 RA 9184 IRR requires suppliers, contractors, consultants to
register with PhilGEPS. It does not qualify based on threshold.
 Inapplicability of the posting requirement is not tantamount to a
situation where PhilGEPS registration may also be dispensed with
since the amount of the project is not a factor for the condition to
apply.
 Registration with PhilGEPS is absolute, and must be complied with
regardless of the cost of procurement.
NPM 34-2013
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PhilGEPS:
Registration Certificate
 Although bidders are not precluded from submitting the post-qualification
documents required in §34.2 RA 9184 IRR during submission of bids, it is
prudent for the PE to request the latest and current documents during postqualification
 PE cannot recommend the award of contract if the bidder failed to submit a
current and updated PhilGEPS Registration Certificate within 3 calendar
days from its receipt of the BAC’s notice.
 Its belated submission of a renewed PhilGEPS Registration Certificate does
not cure the defect, and should result in the disqualification of the bidder
and forfeiture of its bid security.
NPM 19-2013
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BIDDING DOCUMENTS
Bidding Documents:
Wage Adjustment in ABC
 §35.2 of RA 9184 IRR provides that when there is failure
of bidding, the BAC shall conduct mandatory review
and evaluation of the terms, conditions, and
specifications in the bidding documents.
 Prior to the 2nd bidding, PE may modify the ABC for its
procurement of security services to incorporate the new
minimum wage rate/adjustment, subject to the necessary
approval processes in changing the APP to reflect the
revised ABC for the project.
NPM 18-2013
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Bidding Documents:
Authorized Representative
 §25.2 RA 9184 IRR requires the bidder or its duly authorized
representative to issue a sworn statement that the signatory is the
duly authorized representative, and granted full power and
authority to represent the bidder.
 §29 RA 9184 IRR provides that bidders or their duly authorized
representative may attend opening of bids.
 PE cannot restrict participation only to the principal/bidder, but
shall likewise extend the representation to the duly authorized
representative of the sole proprietorship.
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Bidding Documents:
Technical Specifications
 PEs are precluded from requiring specific country of
origin as part of the technical specifications for the
project.
 Specifications shall be based on the performance
requirements and recognized industry standards and
not on the basis of country of origin.
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Bidding Documents:
Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC)
Required Amount of NFCC
 Participating bidder should be required to submit an NFCC that is
at least equal to all the lots to which it participated in, in order to
establish the bidder’s financial liquidity and absorptive capacity in
carrying out the contractual obligations required by the lots to which
it participated in.
NOTE:
Credit Line Commitment shall no longer be accepted as an alternative to the
prospective bidder’s computation of Net Financial Contracting Capacity.
(GPPB Resolution 20-2013)
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Bidding Documents:
Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC)
NFCC Computation
 During the preliminary examination of bids, the BAC shall examine
the NFCC computation submitted by the bidder based on a nondiscretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
 Bidders shall be deemed compliant with the requirement if the
submitted NFCC computation is at least equal to the ABC;
otherwise, it will be declared “failed” regardless of the fact that the
computation was based on an erroneous data or a mistake in
arithmetical computation.
NPM 08-2014
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Bidding Documents:
Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC)
Basis in the Computation of NFCC
 The total “current” assets and liabilities as indicated in
the prospective bidder’s AFS, which is stamped
“received” by the BIR or its duly accredited and
authorized institutions for the preceding calendar year,
should be the basis for computing the NFCC.
NPM 08-2014
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Bidding Documents:
Similar Contracts
Nature of Similar Contracts
 PEs have the responsibility to clarify in the Bidding Documents
what projects can be considered similar to the contract being bid
out, for purposes of determining compliance with the SLCC
requirement.
 As guidance, a contract shall be considered "similar" to the contract
to be bid if it involves goods or services of the same nature and
complexity as the subject matter of the project being procured.
Similarity of contract should be interpreted liberally in the sense
that it should not refer to an exact parallel, but only to an analogous
one of similar category.
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Bidding Documents:
Similar Contracts
 Definition or description of a “similar contract” should not
unreasonably limit competition and inequitably bar participation of
capable suppliers.
 Similarity of contract should be interpreted liberally in the sense
that it should not refer to an exact parallel, but only to an analogous
one of similar category.
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Bidding Documents:
Single Largest and Completed Contract (SLCC)

IRR does not give the PE the option to adopt a different
criterion for eligibility.

PE cannot aggregate the amount of two (2) contracts as
compliance with the eligibility criterion on SLCC under
Section 23.5.2.5 of the IRR.
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Bidding Documents:
Single Largest and Completed Contract (SLCC)
Sub-contracting to be included in SLCC
 IRR of RA 9184 does not limit the contracts that should be included
in the statement of all ongoing and completed contracts to those
where the bidder is the principal or main contractor. It can be
inferred from the PBDs that sub-contracts should be included in the
statement together with the percentage of the bidder’s participation
as a sub-contractor.
NOTE:
The 10-year limitation under Section 23.5.2.5 is no longer applicable.
(GPPB Resolution No. 11-2012, )
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Bidding Documents:
Single Largest and Completed Contract (SLCC)
SLCC Requirement for Small A and Small B Projects
 A contractor will be qualified even if it does not have at least fifty
percent (50%) SLCC if such bidder is either a Small A or Small B
contractor participating in a project the Approved Budget for the
Contract for which is within fifty percent (50%) of its ARCC.
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Bidding Documents:
Single Largest and Completed Contract (SLCC)
SLCC Requirement for Several Lots

In the case of a procurement activity that is divided into several lots,
where each lot may result in a separate contract, the ABC for each lot
becomes the reference of the required minimum percentage of the
amount of the SLCC to be complied.

The participation of a bidder in several lots does not require the
submission of an SLCC that will specifically correspond to each lot.
It is sufficient that the bidder presents an SLCC that complies with
the percentage requirement for every lot that it participates in.
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Bidding Documents:
Statement of Ongoing Contracts
 Bidder should submit a statement of all its on-going government
and private contracts within the relevant period stated in the Bid
Documents, including contracts awarded but not yet started, if any,
as part of the Class “A” Eligibility Documents.
 Additional documentary proof to support the statement of on-going
contracts such as contracts and notices to proceed need not be
attached. However, the BAC may request for additional proof (e.g.
copies of contracts and notices to proceed) during post-qualification
in order to verify, validate and ascertain all statements made and
documents submitted by the bidder.
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Bidding Documents:
Statement of Ongoing Contracts
 The statement of ongoing government and private contracts to be
submitted by the bidder should include all of its ongoing
government and private contracts, even if they are immaterial or
dissimilar to the contract to be bid.
 GPPB Resolution No. 29-2012 provides that the failure to include or
disclose complete information in the statement of contracts shall
result in the “disqualification of the bidder for non-compliance with
the eligibility requirement under Sections 23.1 or 24.1 of the revised
IRR.” and may also be a ground for blacklisting under Section 65.3
(a) or (b) of the revised IRR
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Bidding Documents:
Charging of fees
 Decision in charging fees for bidding documents, whether for the
first bidding or any subsequent re-bidding, depends upon the
procuring entity, taking into account the need to recover the cost of
its preparation and development vis-a-vis the effects on competition
and participation of bidders.
 However, fees must conform with the standard rates for the sale of
bidding documents under GPPB Resolution No. 04-2012, which took
effect on 4 September 2012.
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Bidding Documents:
Discounts
 Discounts stated in the Bid Form allow bidders to itemize the
application of discounts that are not yet reflected in the amounts
specified in its BOQ and detailed estimates vis-à-vis the program of
works, as there could be a situation that the decision to offer a
discount came long after these amounts have been prepared,
finalized, and reflected in the bid documents, and changing the
entries may be too cumbersome and time consuming for the bidder.
 Discount offered in the Bid Form may be accepted even though the
financial documents do not contain or indicate any reference to such
discount.
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Bidding Documents:
Discounts
 Although Section 32.2.4 of the IRR does not mention the word “discount”, ITB Clause
27.4 of the PBDs for the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects provides that the
determination of the Lowest Calculated Bid requires the evaluation and correction for
computational errors, discounts and other modifications.
 If the offered discount does not qualify the methodology of its application, it can be
presumed that the discount will apply to the whole amount of the identified bid
price. For instance, the bidder’s offer is PhP961,474.88, and offered a discount 5%. The
total calculated bid will be determined by deducting 5% from the bid price of
PhP961,474.88.
 The clause “excluding any discounts offered in item (d) below found in paragraph (b)
of the Bid Form, please note that considering that discounts cannot be offered in
relation to performance security, such clause will have no effect on the computation
of the bid price vis-à-vis the offered discount to arrive at the total calculated bid price.
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Bidding Documents:
Re-advertisement of IB
 Advertisement or posting requirement under §21 RA 9184 IRR
serves as a notice to bidders informing them, directly or by
reference, of the matters to be bid upon and of the time and place of
receiving bids.
 Re-advertisement is not necessary since the original IB that was
advertised already provided the necessary and relevant information
that would sufficiently notify the public of the procurement
opportunity, including relevant components and the corresponding
ABC for each component.
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Bidding Documents:
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin
 §22.5.2 RA 9184 IRR allows PEs to issue Supplemental/Bid Bulletins
upon their initiative for the purpose of clarifying or modifying any
provision in the Bidding Documents, including the IB.
 Accordingly, PE has the authority to revise or amend any statement
in the Bidding Documents, including the IB, specifically when such
revision or amendment is made for the purpose of clarifying or
modifying its provisions.
 Supplemental/Bid Bulletins must be posted in the PhilGEPS and at
the PE’s website, in order to address aspects of competition and
transparency.
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Bidding Documents:
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin
Conduct of a new pre-bid conference
 In the case of a new procurement activity or a re-bidding activity, bidders
are informed of the details of the pre-bid conference through the IB, which
should comply with the posting/advertisement requirements under Section
21.2 of the IRR of RA 9184.
 In case the BAC decides to conduct new pre-bid conference not included in
the IB, it has to issue a Supplemental/Bid Bulletin on the matter. The
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin should be posted on the PhilGEPS and the
website of the procuring entity, if available.
 The BAC must inform bidders who have submitted bids before the issuance
of Supplemental/Bid Bulletin.
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Bidding Documents:
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin
Extension of the bid closing time
 If the procuring entity intends to postpone or reschedule the deadline for
the submission and receipt of bids, it may do so by issuing a
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin specifying the revised schedule for the
procurement activity.
 Section 22.5.2 of the IRR of RA 9184 provides that “Supplemental/Bid
Bulletins may be issued upon the procuring entity’s initiative for purposes
of clarifying or modifying any provision of the Bidding Documents at least
seven (7) calendar days before the deadline for the submission and
receipt of bids.”
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Bidding Documents:
Supplemental/Bid Bulletin
Failure to Post
 Section 22.5.3 of the IRR of RA 9184 states that “[a]ny Supplemental/Bid
Bulletin issued by the BAC shall also be posted on the PhilGEPS and the
website of the procuring entity concerned, if available.”
 The phrase “if available” refers to the phrase “the website of the procuring
entity”, and not “the PhilGEPS”.
 PE is mandated to post the Supplemental/Bid Bulletin in the PhilGEPS
website. The failure of the BAC to comply with this procedural requirement
amounts to a failure to follow the prescribed bidding procedures that may
warrant declaration of failure of bidding by the Head of the Procuring
Entity pursuant to Section 41 (b) of the IRR of RA 9184.
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Bidding Documents:
Contracts for General Support Services
Multi-Year Contract
 General Appropriations Act provides that no agency shall enter into a
multi-year contract without securing a Multi-Year Obligational Authority
(MYOA) from the DBM following the provisions of Circular Letter No.
2004-12 dated 27 October 2004.
 As such, PE must first verify if it is allowed to enter into multi-year
contracts or whether its governing board is authorized to enter into multiyear contracts under its enabling law or corporate charter. In the event that
the confirmation yields a negative result, the contract should be procured
on a yearly basis.
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Bidding Documents:
Contracts for General Support Services
Amendment of Existing Multi-Year Contract
 Section 5 of the Guidelines on the Procurement of Security and
Janitorial Services provides that all bid prices for a duration of three
(3) years shall be fixed and shall not be adjusted during contract
implementation.
 One of the exceptions is, when during the term of the contract the
procuring entity sees the need for an increase or decrease in the
number of security guards, it may make the necessary adjustments
in the bid price provided that the resulting cost does not exceed the
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) for the relevant year.
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Bidding Documents:
Contracts for General Support Services
Extension of contract for additional guards procured through SVP
 The Guidelines for Extension of Contracts do not require that the
original contract to be extended was awarded as a result of
competitive bidding. Hence to maintain status quo in the operations
of the procuring entity, the contract for additional guards procured
through SVP may be extended subject to the other conditions
provided in the Guidelines.
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Contract Implementation:
Contracts for General Support Services
Contract Extension for General Support Services of a Province

All contract extensions shall be subject to the prior approval of the
HOPE upon recommendation of the BAC. If the proposed contract
extension exceeds six (6) months, the HOPE is required to inform
the GPPB in writing of its intent to extend beyond six (6) months.

Approval of the GPPB to extend the ongoing contracts for general
support services of the Province is not necessary, since it could do so
as long as the a conditions provided in the Guidelines are complied
with.
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Bidding Documents:
Additional Participants in Consultancy Service Contract
 Section 61.1 provides that all bid prices shall be considered as fixed prices,
and therefore not subject to price adjustment and escalation during the
contract implementation.
 Section 2 of Annex F of the IRR of RA 9184 reiterates the same principle and
adds that any extension of the contract time shall not involve any additional
cost.
 Clause 55.6 of the GCC of the Philippine Bidding Documents for the
Procurement of Consulting Services provides that no additional payment
for variation order, if any, shall be allowed for the consultancy contract
Contract Implementation Guidelines for the Procurement of Consulting
Services.
 Additional participants may be allowed provided that there will be no
increase in contract cost, otherwise it shall be considered violative of the
provisions of RA 9184, its IRR and associated issuances.
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Bidding Documents:
Additional Deliverables in Consultancy Contract
 PE may revise an existing design contract to include
additional deliverables, provided, that such revision will
entail no additional payment or cost.
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Bidding Documents:
Modification of Bidding Documents
Modifying or Adding to the Statements in the Invitation to Bid
 Procuring entities are allowed to insert any necessary information in the Invitation to
Bid as it deems relevant to the procurement project. However, such information must
conform to the Instructions to Bidders and, in particular, to the relevant information
in the Bid Data.
 Clause 20.3 of the PBDs for the Procurement of Goods provides that the original and
copies of the envelopes containing the technical and financial components of the bid
shall be signed by the bidder, but is silent whether the same should be done with the
single envelope where all the envelopes containing the original and copies of the
technical and financial components of the bid are enclosed.
 The instruction that “all envelopes shall be duly signed in the sealed overlaps or
flaps by the bidder or duly authorized representative in order to maintain the
integrity of the documents” may be considered an additional information that
procuring entities may validly include in the Invitation to Bid inasmuch as it is not
contrary to the provisions of the PBDs.
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Bidding Documents:
Modification of Bidding Documents
Change in Project Site
 The change in the project site after the issuance of Notice of Award
amounts to modification of bidding documents and it is not allowed
under RA 9184 and its IRR.
 Modification of government contracts, after the same had been
awarded after a public bidding, is not allowed because such
modification serves to nullify the effect of public bidding and
whatever advantages the Government had secured thereby and may
also result in manifest injustice to other bidders.
(Mata v. San Diego G.R. No. L-30447, 21 March 1975.)
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Bidding Documents:
Source of Funds
 As provided in the template for the IB in the PBDs for the
Procurement of Infrastructure Projects, the source of funding
and the year to be indicated shall be the Budget for the
contract approved by the respective Sanggunian of the local
government unit.
 The information required in the IB should be clear and
adequate for the prospective bidder to understand and
identify in accordance with the guide notes provided in the
PBDs, failure to comply with which may affect the validity of
the process.
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Bidding Documents:
Bill of Quantities
 The Bill of Quantities forms part of the Philippine Bidding
Documents (PBDs) for Goods and Infrastructure Projects, which
should be properly filled-out and submitted by the bidder as part of
his Bidding Documents, and evaluated by the bids and Awards
committee (BAC) using a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion.
 When a quantity of an item submitted by the bidder does not
comply with the quantity prescribed in the Bill of Quantities, the bid
shall be considered non-responsive and the bidder shall be
disqualified accordingly.
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Bidding Documents:
Bill of Quantities
 Unless the Instructions to Bidders allow partial bids, bids that do
not address or provide all the required items or where no price was
indicated in the Bidding Documents, including bill of quantities,
shall be considered non-responsive, and thus, automatically
disqualified.
 Specifying a “0” (zero) or a “-” (dash) for an item would mean that
it is being offered for free to the Government.
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Bidding Documents:
Bid Securing Declaration

Section 27.2 gives bidders the option to choose from the
acceptable forms of Bid Security, including the Bid Securing
Declaration.

PE may not limit the acceptable forms of bid security to only
cash or cashier’s/manager’s check and bank draft/guarantee or
irrevocable LC.
NOTE:
Bid Securing Declaration as an additional form of bid security
(GPPB Resolution 03-2012)
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BIDDING PROCEDURES
Bidding Procedures:
Pre-Qualification
 The practice of pre-qualification has been abandoned in RA 9184
and its IRR. the results of a pre-qualification have no legal force and
effect, bearing or weight, and cannot preempt the findings of the
BAC during the preliminary examination of bids conducted during
the opening of bids. Hence, a bidder may still be declared ineligible
during the opening of bids despite a finding of qualification during
the purported pre-qualification exercise.
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Bidding Procedures:
Pre-Bid Conference
 Section 22.1 of the IRR of RA 9184 provides that at least one (1) pre-bid
conference should be conducted by the procuring entity for projects costing
at least PhP1 Million, in order to afford prospective bidders the opportunity
to inquire on or clarify any of the requirements, terms, conditions, and
specifications stipulated in the Bidding Documents.
 Failure to conduct a pre-bid conference for the Project amounts to a
violation of a mandatory provision of law, which will render the
procurement activity void under Article 5 of the Civil Code of the
Philippines.
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Bidding Procedures:
Refusal to Accept a Bid
 Procuring entity cannot validly and legally refuse to
accept a bid submitted before the deadline for the
submission indicated in the RFQ. This shall open a
ground for the aggrieved bidder to file a request for
reconsideration and, subsequently, protest as provided
in Section 55 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without prejudice
to the institution of civil, administrative and/or criminal
actions against the erring officials under applicable laws
and rules.
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Bidding Procedures:
Bid Opening
 BAC should open a reconsidered bid under the same
circumstances as it opened the bids that were not
disqualified, i.e., upon a duly scheduled opening of bid
with proper notices to the concerned entities.
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Bidding Procedures:
Opening of a Reconsidered Bid
 Section 30 requires that the preliminary examination of bids be
conducted by merely checking for the presence or absence of
documentary requirements using a non-discretionary “pass/fail”
criterion.
 However, the BAC has the right to review the qualifications of a
bidder during the same stage if it has reasonable grounds to believe
that a misrepresentation has been made or there has been changes in
the bidder’s capability to undertake the project.
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DETAILED EVALUATION
OF BIDS
Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Arithmetical Corrections
 The process of rounding off numbers may be construed as an arithmetical
correction which may be done during the evaluation of bids for the
determination of the LCB. However, the details on how the prices should be
rounded off should be clearly stated by the procuring entity in its Invitation
to Bid (IB), and applied similarly to all bids so as to ensure that bids are
evaluated on equal footing, to ensure fair and competitive bid evaluation
Item 7, IB for Goods; Item 8, IB for Infrastructure Projects.
 Having made the arithmetical correction, and the bidder with the LCRB
fails, refuses or is unable to enter into contract with the procuring entity
and furnish the required performance security within ten (10) calendar days
from receipt of the notice of award, the bid security shall be forfeited and
appropriate sanctions provided in the IRR and existing laws shall be
imposed
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Valid PCAB License
 A valid PCAB license required as an eligibility requirement for the
procurement of infrastructure projects under Section 23.1 (a) (iv) of
the revised IRR of RA 9184 should be valid at the time of the
deadline for the submission and opening of bids.
 The submission of a PCAB license with validity period after the date
of the opening of the bids is a ground for the prospective bidder’s
disqualification
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
PCAB License for JV
 JV Bidders are required to submit a Joint License issued by the
PCAB in compliance with the eligibility requirement for a “valid
PCAB license and registration.
 §38 RA 4566 prohibits 2 or more contractors from jointly submitting
a bid without first securing a Joint License to engage or act in the
capacity of such a joint venture.
 Failure of the JV Bidder to submit a Joint License may be a ground
for its disqualification despite the submission of the individual
licenses of each joint venture partner.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Audited Financial Statement
 Failure to submit documents or the submission of an otherwise incomplete
or patently insufficient AFS will disqualify the bidder based on the nondiscretionary “pass/fail” criterion under Section 30.1 of the IRR.
 AFS must comply with the requirements under Section 23.1(a)(v) of the IRR
of RA 9184, namely, (i) showing the prospective bidder’s current assets and
liabilities, (ii) stamped “received” by the BIR or its duly accredited and
authorized institutions, and (iii) for the preceding calendar year which
should not be earlier than two (2) years from the date of bid submission.
 The term “earlier” means that if the bid submission date is on 2013, an AFS
for the year 2011 can be considered compliant, provided that such AFS is the
most recent document that can be produced by the bidder without fault or
delay on its part in filing the same with the BIR.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Submission of Tax Clearance
 EO 398 specifically requires the submission of Tax
Clearance issued by the BIR. It refers to the clearance
issued by the Collection Enforcement Division of BIR
attesting that the bidder has no outstanding Final
Assessment Notice and/or delinquent account.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Submission of Tax Clearance
Submission of BIR receipt for renewal of Tax
Clearance will not suffice in lieu of a valid Tax
Clearance Requirement since substitution is not
allowed under Section 34.2 of the IRR of RA
9184.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Tax Clearance of Foreign Bidder
 A Delinquency Verification Certificate issued to Non-Resident
Foreign Corporations (NRFC)/Non-Resident Aliens Not Engaged in
Trade or Business (NRANETB) pursuant to BIR RR 3-2005, attesting
to the fact that the taxpayer has no outstanding Final Assessment
Notice and/or delinquent account may be submitted as a form of
Tax Clearance required under Sec 34.2 of the IRR.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Equivalent Document
 Foreign bidders may substitute eligibility documentary
requirements with the appropriate equivalent documents in their
country.
 BAC’s function to undertake post-qualification proceedings to look
into the legal validity of each documents by conducting proper
verification and validation.
 Only upon actual determination and confirmation of this
equivalence may it be categorically resolved that the foreign
documents submitted are acceptable substitutes of the required
eligibility documents pursuant to §23.2 of the IRR.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Track Record
 Construction experience/track record of a sole
proprietor, cannot be carried over to a corporation
despite the fact that the sole proprietor’s assets,
personnel and other resources have been infused into the
corporation inasmuch as the latter has a separate and
distinct juridical personality from the former.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Track Record
 Corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law, and
has a legal personality of its own, separate and distinct from the
persons composing it, as well as any other legal entity to which it
may be related.
 JV, professional partnerships, or sole proprietorships cannot be
credited with the past experiences of their corporation of origin.
 §§24.5.3(a) and 33.2.2(b) of RA 9184 IRR provides that, in case of
new firms, the individual experiences of the principal and key staff,
including the times when employed by other consultants, may be
considered as part of the new firms’ overall experience.
NPM 40-2013
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Compliance with DOLE DO 18-A
 Except those that are in direct contravention to RA 9184
and its IRR, bidders are expected to comply with
existing labor laws and standards as these laws are
deemed incorporated in the offer, promise and
responsibilities of the bidder.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
No Contact Rule
 The “no contact” rule applies only to those whose bids are being
evaluated by the BAC after passing the preliminary examination.
 No communication should be made by bidders until a decision to
award a contract is made by the BAC.
 Bidders who waived their right to utilize the protest mechanism or
those whose request for reconsideration and/or protest were
subsequently denied are not covered by the prohibition under §32.1
of RA 9184 IRR.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Sealing and Marking of Bids
 Since the rule and the ITB Clauses 20.1 and 20.2 use the
word “shall”, connoting command and compulsion, the
requirements on sealing and marking of bids are
regarded as mandatory.
 Improper sealing and marking of bids may be a ground
to disqualify a bidder.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Discrepancies in Bid Price
 Section 32.2.3(c) of the IRR states that where there is a
discrepancy between the stated total price and the actual
sum of prices of component items, the latter shall
prevail.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Nature of Bidder’s Business
 Mayor’s Permit allows an entity to legally perform the requirements
and obligations of the project and the resultant contract.
 It is therefore necessary for the BAC to determine whether the
Mayor’s Permit issued to the construction company authorizes it to
engage in the business of supplying dump trucks.
 A finding to the contrary would amount to non-compliance by the
bidder and will result in its disqualification.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Conflict of Interest
 GPM provides that the firm that has been engaged to provide
consulting services for the preparation or implementation of a
project, and each of its affiliates, will be disqualified from
subsequently providing goods, works, or services resulting from or
directly related to the firm’s consulting services for such preparation
or implementation.
 There is conflict of interest when the entity that prepared the
plans/drawings likewise participates in the ensuing procurement
activities for the Project.
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Detailed Evaluation of Bids:
Functional Testing
 The product testing, during which the procuring entity may conduct
the “functional test” and other test parameters is done during the
post-qualification stage. Thus, before BAC could even conduct the
product testing, it should first ensure that the bidder who will
undergo post-qualification has submitted all the legal, technical, and
financial requirements, and declared as the LCB/HRB.
 Subjecting all bids declared as “passed” during the bid evaluation
to a “functional test” before the verification, validation, and
ascertainment of the submitted documents of the Lowest Calculated
Bid (LCB) runs counter to the provisions of Section 32 and 34 of RA
9184 and its IRR.
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POST-QUALIFICATION
Post-Qualification:
Requiring Additional Documents
 PE may request for the submission of additional documents from
the bidder in support of the information it has provided in the
bidding documents.
 However, non-submission of the additional supporting documents
requested cannot be a ground for the bidder’s post-disqualification,
as a bidder may be post-disqualified only upon ascertainment,
validation, and verification of its non-compliance with the legal,
technical, and financial requirements of the project as provided in
the bidding documents.
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Post-Qualification:
Submission of Additional Requirements
 The three (3) calendar day period under §34.2 of the IRR
is mandatory and should not be extended.
 In case PE accepts the post-qualification documentary
requirements beyond the reglementary period, it must
show that there is a compelling, sufficient, valid,
reasonable, and justifiable cause for such extension, so
that penal sanction or liability will not set in. Applicable
administrative and civil sanctions or liabilities may also
be imposed against the concerned officials.
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Post-Qualification:
Additional Eligibility Requirements
 Procuring entities are proscribed from requiring
additional eligibility requirements because the list of
minimum
eligibility
requirements
has
been
streamlined/simplified
such
that
only
those
requirements enumerated in Sections 23.1, 24.1, and 25.1
of the IRR of RA 9184 are necessary for purposes of
determining a bidder’s eligibility.
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Post-Qualification:
Tax Returns
 BDS Clause 29.2(b), provides that the option of allowing submission
of manually filed tax returns should be exercised by the PE by
specifying so in the Bidding Documents. (Amended by GPPB
Resolution 11-2013)
 Only EFPS-filed tax returns are now allowed and accepted.
NPM 01-2013
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Mandatory requirement for the filing of tax returns and payment of
taxes through the EFPS. (GPPB Resolution 11-2013)
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Post-Qualification:
Submission of Certified True Copies
 The PE cannot require the submission of originals or certified true
copies as even the procurement rules allow the submission of copies
as sufficient compliance with the requirements.
 Section 25.2(a)(iv) of the IRR provides that a prospective bidder or
its duly authorized representative is required to submit a Sworn
Statement in the form prescribed by the GPPB, certifying under
oath, among other things, that each of the documents submitted in
satisfaction of the bidding requirements is an authentic copy of the
original, complete, and all statements and information provided
therein are true and correct.
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Post-Qualification:
Observers’ Participation
 §13 of RA 9184 expressly states that the BAC shall, in "all stages of
the procurement process", invite Observers to sit in the proceedings.
 BAC is mandated to invite Observers in all stages of the
procurement process, including post-qualification stage.
 GPM enumerates the parties who are to conduct post-qualification.
Although Observers do not conduct post-qualification of the bidder,
they are not precluded from being invited and be present in the
meeting.
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Post-Qualification:
Submission of Sample
 In the event that a sample product, indicating its brand
and model, has to be submitted, this requirement must
be clearly specified in the bidding documents. Absent
any clear requirement regarding the matter, the
procuring entity has no basis to disqualify the bidder.
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Post-Qualification:
End User Complaint
 End-user complaint is not in itself ground for postdisqualification, unless the PE determines that the
bidder is not legally, technically and financially capable
to complete the project based on such complaints.
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Post-Qualification:
Tie-Breaking Method
Drawing of lots for purposes of breaking a tie
should be conducted only after all the bidders
that submitted the lowest calculated bids are
declared post-qualified.
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Post-Qualification:
Post-qualification Team
 Neither RA 9184 nor its IRR provide for the establishment of a postqualification team that is separate and distinct from the BAC, since
the responsibility and authority of conducting the post-qualification
is categorically delegated to the BAC under Section 12.1 of the IRR
of RA 9184.
 The post-qualification team shall be the BAC, which can be assisted
by the TWG, and shall be responsible in determining the
compliance of the bidder with the LCB with all the requirements
and conditions specified in the Bidding Documents.
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Post-Qualification:
Internal Post-Qualification Procedures
 Procuring entity may adopt internal procedures on how it will conduct
the post-qualification in a manner that it deems effective in establishing the
responsiveness of the bidder with the requirements, and at the same time,
reliable in impressing upon the procuring entity the confidence of and
certainty in declaring the bidder as having submitted the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid.
 Adoption of an internal procedure on the manner of conducting postqualification is well within the discretion and accountability of the
procuring entity to undertake, and does not need the clearance or authority
from the GPPB as long as it does not run counter to the provisions of RA
9184 and its IRR.
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Post-Qualification:
Certification of Domestic Preference
 PEs cannot require a bidder to submit a Certificate claiming
domestic preference as this is not an eligibility requirement and not
among those expressly required and enumerated by the IRR.
 If a bidder wishes to claim domestic preference, it should include
said Certification as among the documents in the Second Envelope,
forming part of the Financial Component of the bid.
 A bidder waives its right to claim preference as a Domestic Bidder
or Domestic Entity if it does not include said Certification as among
the documents to be included in the Second Envelope comprising
the Financial Component of the bid.
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AWARD OF CONTRACT
Award of Contract:
Performance Security
 Submission by the winning bidder of a Performance Security in the
form of a personal check after the signing of the contract could be
considered as a failure to post the Performance Security in the
required form under §39.2 of the IRR and in the required period for
posting under § 37.1.4(b) of the IRR.
 §4.1.5 of the Guidelines provides that the refusal or failure of a
contractor to post the required Performance Security within the
prescribed period is one of the grounds for blacklisting.
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Award of Contract:
Higher Approving Authority
 §37.3 of RA 9184 IRR recognizes that there are decisions on
procurement activities that may require further approval by higher
authority.
 In exercising the power to approve, the approving authority is
likewise deemed to have the mandate to disapprove any
recommendation on the matter.
 To interpret that the recommending official is only required to
elevate those matters it favorably recommends weakens the
mandate of the higher approving authority to take full jurisdiction
and cognizance of the matter.
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Award of Contract:
Authorization from the Sangguniang Bayan
 Should the appropriation ordinance already contain in sufficient
detail the project and cost of a capital outlay such that all that the local
chief executive needs to do after undergoing the requisite public
bidding is to execute the contract, no further authorization is required,
the appropriation ordinance already being sufficient.
 But if the appropriation ordinance describe the projects in generic
terms there is an obvious need for a covering contract for every
specific project that in turn requires approval by the sanggunian. (Ex.
“infrastructure projects,” “inter-municipal waterworks, drainage and
sewerage, flood control, and irrigation systems projects,” “reclamation
projects” or “roads and bridges”)
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IX Alternative Methods of Procurement
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Resolution Recommending AMP
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§12.1 RA 9184 IRR provides that one of the functions of the
BAC is to recommend to the HOPE the use of AMP,
exercised through the issuance of a resolution to that
effect.
The BAC is required to issue resolution recommending to
the HOPE resort to AMPs; and these should be reflected in
the APP vis-à-vis particular PPMP.
Reference: NPM 169-2012
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Eligibility Requirements in AMP
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RA 9184 IRR is silent whether eligibility documents under
§23.1 must be submitted when resorting to any AMP,
except those where competitive bidding or semblance
thereof is present.
PE has discretion to require the submission of legal,
technical, and financial eligibility documents or not.
If eligibility documents were required to be submitted at the
outset, suppliers must provide these documents upon
submission of their proposals or quotations; otherwise,
disqualification is in order.
Reference: NPM 142-2012
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Shopping; Applicability
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Shopping is an alternative method of procurement for
readily available off-the-shelf goods, or ordinary/regular
equipment. These ordinary/regular office equipment or
supplies are understood to include those supplies,
commodities, or materials which, depending on the PEs
mandate and nature of operations, are necessary in the
transaction of its official businesses, and consumed in the
day-to-day operations of said PE.
The PE’s BAC may resort to Shopping as an alternative
method of procurement provided that pump and motor is
categorized as ordinary/regular office equipment or supplies
as defined under Section 52.2 of the IRR of RA 9184.
Reference: NPM 167-2012
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Shopping; Quotations
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Only when the procurement method is Shopping [§52.1(b)]
that the PE is required to obtain at least 3 quotations.
Thus, when the number of quotations is less than 3, PE may
extend the deadline for submission.
In procurement through Shopping [§52.1(a)] or SVP
[§53.9], it is not necessary to obtain at least 3 quotations.
Reference: NPM 167-2012
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Direct Contracting
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Since there are other Passport Readers available in the
market apart from that manufactured by 3M Corporation,
Direct Contracting cannot be utilized for the acquisition of
brand new passport readers.
Even though 3M Passport Reader is proprietary in nature
and can be obtained from the proprietary source, there may
be other Passport Readers in the market, which are likewise
proprietary in nature that can be obtained.
Reference: NPM 41-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Two Failed Bidding
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PE can only resort to Negotiated Procurement under Section
53.1 (Two-Failed Biddings) of the IRR of RA 9184 for the
procurement of the Project if the two-failed biddings were
due to circumstances enumerated under Section 35 of
the same IRR.
If the failure of bidding is due to the declaration by the
HOPE pursuant to Section 41 of the IRR , Negotiated
Procurement (Two Failed Biddings) cannot be resorted to.
Reference: NPM 72-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Repeat Order
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Repeat Order under Section 51 of RA 9184 does not require
post-qualification.
The phrase “subject to post-qualification process described
in the Bidding Documents”, as stated in the provision refers
to Competitive Bidding and not to Repeat Order.
Reference: NPM 13-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Agency-to-Agency Agreements
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Where the contemplated arrangement between the PE and an RGP
for the printing, design and development of fuson stamps with
ordering, distribution and monitoring system at no cost to the PE,
the Guidelines on Agency to Agency Agreements do not apply.
The applicability of the Guidelines rests on the fact that the
transaction involves government procurement where there is
disbursement of public funds in exchange for an item or a service.
Since the PE will not pay anything to the RGP, and instead the
latter is allowed to recoup and recover its investment through the
sale of the fuson stamps to cigarette and tobacco manufacturers,
the relationship between the two is that of a Principal-Agent under
Article 1868 of the New Civil Code and outside the ambit of RA
9184 and its IRR.
Reference: NPM 139-2012
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Agency-to-Agency Agreements
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PITC Pharma, Inc. (PPI) has been given express mandate to be
the central/lead agency for procurement of all government
agencies’ requirements for drugs and medicines pursuant to RA
9501.
However, RA 9501 does not exempt it from the procurement
policies, rules and regulations established under RA 9184 and its
IRR.
PPI is not exempt from posting a Performance Security under §39
of RA 9184 and its IRR when entering into a contract with other
government agencies and the PE requires such security.
Reference: NPM 37-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Agency-to-Agency Agreements
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GPPB Resolution No. 04-2011 did not delete the policy declaration
under Section 1.2 of the Guidelines that printing of Accountable
Forms and Sensitive High Quality/Volume Requirements shall only
be undertaken by the recognized government printers.
It merely amended Section 1.1 of the Guidelines to clarify that it
shall be applicable to succeeding General Appropriations Act
(GAA), unless a contrary or inconsistent policy is adopted in a
later GAA.
Reference: NPM 20-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Agency-to-Agency Agreements
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Guidelines on the Procurement of Printing Services
provides that … Accountable Forms and Sensitive High
Quality/Volume Requirements should be sourced from
Recognized
Government
Printers
(RGPs),
through
Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.5
If SSS plans to procure printing services for some of its
forms through public bidding, it has to identify whether
said forms are considered Accountable Forms, and
therefore subject to the Guidelines. If SSS determines that
said forms are not Accountable Forms, printing services for
its procurement may be engaged through Competitive
Bidding under RA 9184 and its IRR.
Reference: NPM 62-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Agency-to-Agency Agreements
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For the procurement of CTC, the more appropriate method
to be used is A to A rather than Direct Contracting
In cases where procurement from another agency of the
government is more efficient and economical, Negotiated
Procurement under Section 53.5 (Agency-to-Agency
Agreements) may be resorted to. This rule allows a
government entity to procure from another government
entity without need of public bidding, subject to compliance
with the prescribed conditions and procedures under
existing rules and the Guidelines on Agency-to-Agency
Agreements (Guidelines).
Reference: NPM 52-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
Procurement Agent
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Where a PE has determined that it lacks the proficiency or
capability to undertake its rehabilitation project, which need not
be based solely on the PE’s failure to constitute its BAC, the PE
may request another government agency to be its Procurement
Agent as Section 53.6 of the IRR may also apply in cases where a
BAC is validly constituted, but due to the number of bidding
activities to be undertaken by the procuring entity; magnitude and
complexity of the project; experience of the members of the BAC;
location and situs of both the principal and the agent; and, other
valid and reasonable circumstances, the procuring entity may not
have the proficiency or capability to undertake the particular
procurement activity.
Reference: NPM 38-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
LSB for the Procurement of Catering Services
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Catering Services does not involve highly specialized
requirements, and is undoubtedly not a major plant
component. Limited Source Bidding cannot be resorted to in
the procurement of Catering Services. Competitive Bidding
should be resorted to in the acquisition of the contemplated
service.
Reference: NPM 61-2013
Alternative Methods of Procurement:
LSB for the Procurement of Utility Motor Vehicle
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Section 49 of the IRR provides that LSB may be resorted to
only under two possible conditions:
(a)
(b)
procurement of highly specialized types of goods and
consulting services which are known to be obtainable
only from a limited number of sources; and
procurement of major plant components
In order to apply LSB on the subject procurement, PE should
first establish that the motor vehicle sought to be procured is
either a highly specialized type of goods or a major plant
component; otherwise, Competitive Bidding shall apply.
Reference: NPM 63-2013
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