Third Edition of the Philippine Bidding Documents for the Procurement of Goods, Infrastructure Projects, and Consulting Services

September 30, 2009

GPPB RESOLUTION NO. 05-09

APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE THIRD EDITION OF THE PHILIPPINE BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND CONSULTING SERVICES

WHEREAS, Republic Act (R.A.) 9184 otherwise known as "Government Procurement Reform Act" and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A took effect on 26 January 2003 and 8 October 2003 respectively; ACETSa

WHEREAS, in order to systematize the procurement process, avoid confusion and ensure transparency, Section 6 of R.A. 9184 mandates the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) to develop and issue standard bidding forms, the use of which once issued shall be mandatory upon all Procuring Entities;

WHEREAS, in its meeting held last 20 August 2004, the GPPB approved and adopted the First Edition of the Philippine Bidding Documents (PBDs) for Goods, Civil Works, and Consulting Services through GPPB Resolution No. 10-2004;

WHEREAS, in its meeting held last 26 May 2005, the GPPB approved the changes to the First Edition of the PBDs for Goods, Civil Works, and Consulting Services and adopted its Second Edition through GPPB Resolution No. 10-2005; and

WHEREAS, after several consultations and meetings with various stakeholders, the GPPB approved and adopted the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) through its Resolution No. 03-2009 dated 22 July 2009, which was published in a Supplemental Issue of the Official Gazette last 3 August 2009;

WHEREAS, in view of the approval of the revised IRR, the GPPB recognized the immediate need to revise and update the PBDs and thereby tasked its Inter Agency Technical Working Group (IATWG) to review and revise the PBDs Second Edition;

WHEREAS, during its meeting last 30 September 2009, the recommendations of the IATWG in relation to the Third Edition of the PBDs were presented to and discussed by the GPPB;

WHEREAS, after thorough deliberations on the issues, recommendations, and suggestions of the members present, the GPPB unanimously approved and adopted the Third Edition of the PBDs for Goods, Infrastructure Projects, and Consulting Services, subject to the inclusion of their comments; DHSCTI

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing, WE, the Members of the GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD, by virtue of the powers vested on US by law, hereby RESOLVE to confirm, approve, and adopt the Third Edition of the Philippine Bidding Documents for Goods, Infrastructure Projects, and Consulting Services.

IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE PREMISES, all branches, agencies, departments, bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of the Government, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, government financial institutions, state universities and colleges, and local government units, are hereby mandated to use the Philippine Bidding Documents Third Edition for all of their procurement activities.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED this 30th day of September 2009 at Pasig City, Philippines.

(SGD.) ROLANDO G. ANDAYA, JR.

Secretary

Department of Budget and Management

(SGD.) ______________________________

Department of Education

(SGD.) _____________________________

Department of Finance

(SGD.) ___________________________________

Department of Interior and Local Government

(SGD.) ________________________________________

Department of Public Works and Highways

(SGD.) _________________________________________

Department of Trade and Industry

(SGD.) AUGUSTO B. SANTOS

Acting Director General

National Economic and Development Authority

(SGD.) _______________________________

Department of Energy

(SGD.) _____________________________

Department of Health

(SGD.) ________________________________

Department of National Defense

(SGD.) ________________________________

Department of Science and Technology

(SGD.) ___________________________________________

Department of Transportation and Communications

(SGD.) ______________________________________

Private Sector Representative

Attested by:

(SGD.) RUBY U. ALVAREZ

Board Secretary, Government Procurement Policy Board

Executive Director, Government Procurement Policy Board-Technical Support Office