At the outset, as part of the study of the possible amendments to the Republic Act (RA) No. 9184, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and its Technical Support Office (TSO) undertook an intensive scoping and consultation with various stakeholders beginning in 2022 as shown below:
Date | Subject Matter | Attendees/Sectors |
|---|---|---|
2022 Consultation Meetings | ||
20 April 2022 | Online subscription, software and reference materials | Commission on Audit (COA) |
22 April 2022, 31 May 2022, 28 July 2022, 02 October 2022, 26 October 2022 | Performance Securities – Issuance of Surety or Insurance Bonds | Insurance Commission (IC) and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) |
7 July 2022 19 October 2022 | Electronic Bidding and the Modernized Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) | PS and PhilGEPS |
5 August 2022 06 October 2022 | Registration of Licenses for Foreign Corporations | Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
17 August – 14 October 2022, 22 Dec 2022, 28 April 2023, 15 June 2023 | Price Adjustment/Escalation (including parametric formula) | DPWH; Private Sector Representative; National Economic and Development Authority; Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines; and Philippine Statistics Authority |
13 September 2022 | Workshop on Use Cases of Beneficial Ownership Information in Preventing and Investigating Cases of Corruption and Data-Sharing Agreements | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Participants from GPPB-TSO |
21 October 2022 | Customized Procurement Manual | Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) |
21 October 2022, 31 January - 2 February 2023, 27 June 2023 | Digital Payment | Bureau of Treasury (BTr); Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); LBP; BSP; COA; United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deliver; and Technical Working Group on the Adoption of Digital Payments (Executive Order No. 170) |
11 Nov 2022, | Customized Bidding Documents for Railways | Department of Transportation |
2023 Consultation Meetings | ||
19 January 2023 | Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) |
20-22 February 2023 | Kick-off and Planning Workshop for the Scaling of Sustainable Consumption on Production in the Philippines | Green Public Procurement Focal Persons from the GPPB-member agencies |
19 May 2023 | Pooled Procurement of Drugs, Medicines and Vaccines | Department of Health |
24 May 2023 | Defense-related Procurement | Department of National Defense, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Air Force, and Government Arsenal |
24 May 2023 | Anti-Bid rigging Initiatives in Procurement | Philippine Competition Commission |
24 May 2023 | Procurement of requirements relating to research and development | Research and Development Sector (Departments of Agriculture, Science and Technology, and Commission on Higher Education) |
07 June 2023 | Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises and Beneficial Ownership on government procurement to compare regional practices within Asia | International Exchange with the LKPP of Indonesia (counterpart of GPPB-TSO) |
23 June 2023 | Updating of Framework Agreement | Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) |
27 June 2023 | Technical Working Group on the Adoption of Digital Payments (Executive Order No. 170) in relation to Procurement of Digital Payment Providers | BSP, BTr, BIR, COA, LBP |
29 June 2023, 25 July 2023 | Proposed Inclusion of Cloud Computing Services, Airline Tickets under Government Fares Agreement, and Government of the Philippines - Automobile Framework Program in the PS List of Common-Use Supplies and Equipment | PS |
19 July 2023 | Integrated Financial Management Information System | Ministry of Social Services and Development-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MSSD-BARMM), |
20 July 2023 | Transaction Cards for the Beneficiaries of MSSD-BARMM | MSSD-BARMM; COA; BSP; United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund; LBP; Development Bank of the Philippines; Makati Local Government Unit; Mynt (GCash); Maya; Palawan Pay; P.J. Lhuillier Inc. (Cebuana Lhuillier); and M Lhuillier Financial Services Inc. |
31 July 2023 | Post-Qualification Requirements in the Procurement of Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery | Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering |
8 August 2023 | Guidelines for the Procurement of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Resources | ICT Sector (Department of Information and Communications Technology as Lead) |
5 September 2023 | Domestic preference Small and Medium Enterprises participation Women entrepreneurs support Shared Service Facilities (SSF) | Trade and Economic Sector (DTI as Lead) |
26 September 2023 | Framework Agreement Community Participation SSF | Social Welfare Sector (DSWD as Lead) |
17 October 2023 | Design and Build Procurement of Infrastructure Projects | Infrastructure Sector (DPWH as Lead) |
14 November 2023 | Procurement of Books and other Printed Educational Materials | Education Sector (Department of Education as Lead) |
21 November 2023 | Pooled Procurement of Drugs, Medicines and Vaccines SSF | Health Sector (Department of Health as Lead) |
2024 Consultation Meetings | ||
18 - 19 August 2024 | Pre-Meeting for and Roundtable Discussion on Public Procurement Fraud and Corruption | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Participants from GPPB-TSO |