Reminding All Government Offices with the Provisions of RA No. 9184 Requiring Publication of Procurement Notices in Their Respective Websites

November 29, 2017

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 36

REMINDING ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184 REQUIRING PUBLICATION OF PROCUREMENT NOTICES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEBSITES

WHEREAS, Section 28, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall adopt and implement a policy of full public disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest;

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote good governance and to adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability, equity, efficiency, and economy in its procurement process;

NOW, THEREFORE, all government offices, agencies, and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, state universities and colleges, and local government units, are hereby directed to comply strictly with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations requiring the publication and posting of the Invitation to Bid/Request for Expression of Interest in (i) any conspicuous place in the premises of the Procuring Entity; (ii) PhilGEPS website and the website of the Procuring Entity; and (iii) a newspaper of general circulation nationwide, in such manner and for such length of time as may be necessary under the circumstances or as may be provided for by law or regulations, in order to ensure the widest possible dissemination thereof.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen. CAIHTE

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 113, No. 50, p. 9122 on December 11, 2017.