GPPB-Technical Support Office Executive Director Rowena Candice Ruiz made the disclosure during the deliberations on proposals seeking to amend the government procurement law to expedite the procurement process, including House Bill 18 filed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez of Leyte.
Ruiz lamented that for one, Bids and Awards Committees tend to have a wide latitude in disqualifying bidders based on a whim rather than a hard and fast rule. She also said that there are BACs that require more document copies aside from the hard copy, such as a soft copy in a USB data storage device.
“Around 20% of the agencies are doing procurement using the DPWH [Department of Public Works and Highways] Procurement Service and PITC [Philippine International Trading Corporation]. And these are not for common use items. We notice that this practice oftentimes happens when the funding is about to lapse...this [scheme] becomes their last resort to save the funding,” Ruiz said.
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