Procedure for the procurement of consulting service - DOH

MANUAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTING SERVICES
contract is the result of a Competitive Bidding; (b) the subject contract to be
negotiated has similar or related scopes of work; (c) it is within the contracting
capacity of the contractor/consultant; (d) the contractor/consultant uses the same
prices or lower unit prices as in the original contract less mobilization cost; (e) the
amount involved does not exceed the amount of the ongoing project; and (f) the
contractor/consultant has no negative slippage/delay: Provided, further, that
negotiations for the procurement are commenced before the expiry of the original
contract;
2.2.5 Agency-to-Agency
Procurement of infrastructure projects, consulting services, and goods from
another agency of the GOP, such as the PS-DBM, which is tasked with a
centralized procurement of Common-Use Supplies for the GOP in accordance with
Letters of Instruction No. 755 and Executive Order No. 359, series of 1989;
2.2.6 Procurement Agent
In order to hasten project implementation, Procuring Entities which may not have
the proficiency or capability to undertake a particular procurement, as determined
by the Head of the Procuring Entity concerned, may request other GOP agencies
to undertake such procurement for them, or at their option, recruit and hire
consultants or procurement agents to assist them directly and/or train their staff in
the management of the procurement function. The GPPB shall issue guidelines to
implement this provision;
2.2.7 Highly Technical Consultants
In the case of individual consultants hired to do work that is (i) highly technical or
proprietary; or (ii) primarily confidential or policy determining, where trust and
confidence are the primary consideration for the hiring of the consultant: Provided,
however, that the term of the individual consultants shall, at the most, be on a six
(6) month basis, renewable at the option of the appointing Head of the Procuring
Entity, but no case shall exceed the term of the latter (Section 53.7 of the revised
IRR).
2.2.8 Small Value Procurement
Where the procurement does not fall under Shopping in Section 52 of the revised
IRR and the amount involved does not exceed the thresholds prescribed in Annex
“H” of the revised IRR:
a. The procuring entity shall draw up a list of at least three (3) suppliers,
contractors, or consultants of known qualifications which will be invited to
submit proposals, in the case of goods and infrastructure projects, or
curriculum vitae, in the case of consulting services;
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