How to Register on

PhilGEPS
PhilGEPS is actually an acronym for Philippine Government Electronic Procurement
System. It’s a website where most, if not all, government agencies post their
procurement requirements. If you want to secure government contracts, this is the place
to go.

PhilGEPS
One of markets we haven’t tapped yet is the government. Yes, the Philippine government.
We have customers from all types of businesses but not one from the government. Enter
PhilGEPS. PhilGEPS is actually an acronym for Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System. It’s a website where most, if not all, government agencies post their
procurement requirements. If you want to secure government contracts, this is the place
to go.

Registering is not that hard. It’s actually a simple process. What might turn you off is t he
old style website they have. It’s so sad that our government doesn’t invest in online
infrastructure. Also, during office hours, PhilGEPS crawls to a pace as fast as a snail’s
wicked ass. It is so slow that you can make coffee and finish it before it lo ads the page. We
often search for opportunities late at night or early in the morning.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, a disclaimer. We are not Procurement Law experts or
PhilGEPS experts. As a matter of fact, we only look for opportunities that is label ed
Shopping and have never participated in Public Budding. Now that we got that out of the
way, here are the simple steps to register on PhilGEPS

The Simple Steps

Go to the PhilGEPS website and click Login As in the upper right hand corner. Choose
Supplier and it will take you to another page. Click Register Now and fill out your details.
It will ask for your company TIN, DTI. SEC and other pertinent information.

Unlike other websites, registration is not automatic. You need to wait for an email from
the administrator for your username and password. It usually takes 1 to 2 days to receive
your username and password.
One thing to note is that PhilGEPS offers two types of memberships – free and Platinum.
Free is, well, free. Both types of membership allow you to view opportunities. The main
difference is that in the Platinum membership you get the much coveted PhilGEPS
certificate.

Free is nice but almost all government agencies ask for a copy of your PhilGEPS certificate.
Even if the mode of procurement doesn’t require a PhilGEPS certificate, government
agencies would ask for a certificate anyways. We cannot count the number of times our
quotations have been disregarded since we cannot provide a PhilGEPS certificate. We then
upgraded to Platinum membership.

We believe the 5,000 pesos per year membership fee is a good bang for the buck. If you go
for the Platinum membership, you need to upload your Business Permit, DTI Certificate,
Audited Financial Statement and Tax Clearance. The admin would examine your uploa ded
documents and if they are good, you can pay the membership fee at any Landbank branch.

If you have the complete documents, it would take a week to get Platinum membership.
Your PhilGEPS certificate can be downloaded once you login. Once you have that, you can
now search for various opportunities! Happy searching!