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ME Law Summary
9184
Republic Act No. 9184 (R.A. No. 9184) is “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
R.A. No. 9184 was approved on January 10, 2003 and took effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. It applies
source of funds, whether local or foreign, by all branches and instrumentalities of government,
corporations and local government units, subject to the provisions of Commonwealth Act No.
138.
provisions of the law including its Short Title, Declaration of Policy, Governing Principles on
Procurement Process and Forms. Article II of the same law provides guidelines for the
Procurement Planning, while Article III pertains to the Procurement by Electronic Means
wherein a single portal that is considered as the primary source of information on all government
procurement called the Government Electronic Procurement System (G-EPS) is provided. The
G-EPS includes feature that provides for an audit trail for on-line transactions and allow the
Commission on Audit to verify the security and integrity of the systems at any time. Article IV
of the law concerns the Competitive Bidding. Article V of the law is about the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) and consists of provisions on the BAC and its Composition, Functions of the
BAC, Observers, BAC Secretariat, BAC Secretariat, and Professionalization of BAC, BAC
of goods, consulting services, contracting for infrastructure projects and lease of goods and real
estate.
Government procurement is, at present, governed by Republic Act No. 9184, “An Act
Providing for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation of the Procurement Activities
of the Government and for Other Purposes”, enacted on December 18, 2002 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations. The passage of this law highlighted the government’s efforts in pursuing
procurement reforms and upholding the following principles: Transparency in the procurement
equal opportunity to all eligible and qualified private contracting parties to participate in public
bidding; streamlined procurement process applied uniformly to all government procurement. The
procurement process shall be simple and adaptable to modern technology in order to ensure
effective and efficient method; System of accountability where public officials directly or
and private parties dealing with the government are, when warranted by circumstances,
investigated and held liable for their actions; and Public monitoring of the procurement process
and implementation of awarded contracts in ensuring that contracts are awarded pursuant to the
provisions of RA 9184 and its implementing rules and regulations and that performance under
these contracts are strictly in accordance with approved terms, conditions and specifications.
Even before the passage of RA 9184, the government was already addressing the issue
System (EPS) was established. This is at present required to be used by all government agencies.
procurement activities, pre-qualifies all interested entities and awards contract following the
The central procurement system of the government for common-use supplies, materials
and equipment is, however, being handled by the Procurement Service (PS), one of the offices
LUCENA CITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Article Summary
Edora, Angelo D.
BSME – V
Dean