Procedure for the procurement of consulting service - DOH

MANUAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTING SERVICES
the agency they were working before going on leave, since their employment
would create a conflict of interest.
3.2.8 Organization of Consultants
The umbrella organization of consultants recognized by the Government shall be
composed of the various organizations of consultants that may be engaged by the
Government under this IRR and shall accredit its members on the types of
services and fields of professions where the members are technically and
financially qualified to offer their services. The umbrella organization shall prepare
and certify a list of fields and expertise in such fields available with the names of
the accredited local consultants which shall be updated annually or as often as
necessary and disseminate such list to concerned agencies of the Government. It
shall likewise regulate its members for the development of the industry. The
Government may consult and deal with this umbrella organization on matters
relating to the industry. The GPPB shall be the appropriate government body that
shall recognize the consultants‟ umbrella organization (Annex “B” General
Principles on Consulting Services, Item 5.1 of the revised IRR).
The umbrella organization may submit its files of accredited consultants to the
BAC of the procuring entity in accordance with the form prescribed by the BAC
which can serve as registration of the consultants under the next succeeding
Subsection: Provided, however, that such each accredited consultant shall comply
with the eligibility requirements provided in the revised IRR. Such qualification
statements, together with the list of accredited consultants prepared in accordance
with the immediately preceding section, shall guide the BAC in determining the
fields where Filipino consultants are already qualified and capable and where
foreign consultants may not be required (Annex “B” General Principles on
Consulting Services, Item 5.2 of the revised IRR).
3.3 Conflict of interest in consulting services
GOP policies require that consultants provide professional, objective and impartial
advice, and at all times hold the client‟s interests paramount, without any
consideration for future work, and that in providing advice they avoid conflicts with
other assignments and their own corporate interests. Consultants should not be hired
for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to
other clients, or that may place them in a position of being unable to carry out the
assignment in the best interest of the Procuring Entity. Without limitation on the
generality of the foregoing, consultants should not be hired under the circumstances
set forth below:
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