Government Procurement Policy Board Technical Support Office(GPPB)

May 19, 2022 Dear Mr. Baconawa, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 04, 2022 01:31:32 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You sought clarification on whether a Bidder is required to enclose in separate envelopes their bids for each lot in case of lot procurement. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Please be informed that the response to your query may vary depending on the planned procurement as indicated in the Bidding Documents of a Procuring Entity, particularly in the Invitation to Bid for the Procurement Project. Thus, in your best interest, you should obtain further information from the appropriate Procuring Entity. Meanwhile, enclosed herewith is the link to the latest Philippine Government Procurement Handbook available in the GPPB-TSO website, for your reference: https://www.gppb.gov.ph/assets/pdfs/9th%20Ed.%20Handbook_Mar2022.pdf Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Executive Director, Atty. Rowena Candice M. Ruiz, thru e-mail address at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you about the result within thirty (30) calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.   If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Receiving Officer FOI Officer