Procedure for the procurement of consulting service - DOH

MANUAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTING SERVICES
Where the HOPE has made a determination that a Government contract, including
Government contracts required by law to be acted upon and/or approved by the President,
involving an amount of at least Five Hundred Million Pesos (P 500,000,000.00) falls under
any of the exceptions from public bidding allowed by law, the HOPE shall, before
proceeding with the alternative methods of procurement provided by law and applicable
rules and regulations, obtain an approval from the GPPB that said Government contract
falls within the exceptions from public bidding and the proposed specific alternative method
of procurement is the appropriate mode of procurement.
Except for Government contracts required by law to be acted upon and/or approved
by the President, the HOPE, after obtaining the foregoing requirements, shall have full
contracts of his respective agency, entered into through alternative methods of
procurement allowed by law. Provided, that the HOPE certifies under oath that the contract
has been entered into in faithful compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
3.8 Performance Security
A performance security is a guarantee made by the winning bidder to warrant faithful
performance of its obligations under the contract in accordance with the bidding
documents (Section 39.1 of the revised IRR). It must be denominated in Philippine
Pesos and posted in favor of the procuring entity, which shall be forfeited in the latter‟s
favor in the event it is established that the winning bidder is in default in any of its
obligations under the contract (Section 39.3 of the revised IRR). The performance
security shall remain valid until issuance by the procuring entity of the Certificate of Final
Acceptance (Section 39.4 of the revised IRR).
3.8.1 Schedule of posting performance security
The bidder with the HRRB shall post the performance security within a maximum
of ten (10) calendar days from the winning bidder‟s receipt of the NOA from the
Procuring Entity and in no case later than the signing of the contract by both
parties (Section 39.1 of the revised IRR). It is one of the requirements to be
submitted by the winning bidder, to form part of the contract (Section 37.2.3 of
the revised IRR).
The bidder shall post a performance security prior to the signing of the contract
(Section 39.1 of the revised IRR).
3.8.2 Forms of Performance Security and the corresponding amounts
The performance security shall be in an amount equal to a percentage of the total
contract price in accordance with the following schedule:
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