Professional Documents
Culture Documents
29, 2012
NR # 2938B
Public officers and private individuals who commit any of these offenses shall be penalized with imprisonment of six years and one day, to 15 years. Presently, Section 13 of RA 9184 on Observers provides To enhance the transparency of the process, the BAC shall, in all stages of the procurement process, invite, in addition to the representative of the Commission on Audit, at least two observers to sit in its proceedings, one from a duly recognized private group in a sector or discipline relevant to the procurement at hand, and the other from a non-government organization: Provided, however, That they do not have any direct or indirect interest in the contract to be bid out. The observers should be duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and should meet the criteria for observers as set forth in the Implementing Rules and Regulations. The bill also seeks the amendment of Section 32 of RA 9184 so that for the Procurement of Goods and Infrastructure Projects and prior to the evaluation of the financial components of the bids, the BAC shall evaluate all the requirements and conditions necessary to effect a contract of all bidders to eliminate the necessity of conducting a Post-Qualification Evaluation. Before the opening of the bids, bidders shall have satisfied all the requirements for a contract. Should there be any tests to be made; the bill provides they shall be done as part of the prequalification prior to bidding. Track records of bidders shall solely be based on the bidders participation and not of mother companies. For joint ventures, their track record shall be based on their individual or joint records and not on mother companies or any third party track record. The bill also provides the bidders paid-up capital should not be less than 40 percent of the total value of the contract. The measure also seeks the amendment of Section 33 of RA 9184 so that for the Procurement of Consulting Services, the BAC shall evaluate all the requirements necessary to effect a contract of all bidders to eliminate the necessity of conducting a PostQualification Evaluation. Before the bids opening, all bidders shall have satisfied all the requirements for a contract. The bill also proposed the amendment of Section 34 of RA 9184 so that for PostQualification, since prior to the opening of the bid documents, all the qualified bidders have already satisfied the requirements and conditions as specified in the bidding documents, hence, there is no need for a post-qualification or verification and validation of the bidders. House Bill 6612 has been referred to the House Committee on Appropriations chaired by Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong (1st District, Negros Oriental). (30) rbb