Department of Health(DOH)

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December 23, 2022 Dear Krizan Mae Atrero, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 08, 2022 01:56:10 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Procurement Process of the Department of Health. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. The DOH-Procurement Service is mandated to timely procure health commodities, civil works, and consulting services pursuant to Republic Act 9184 otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act” and its 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR). On average, since 2015, the DOH Procurement Service procures around P18-20 billion worth of goods/services/ consulting services/infrastructure projects. Annually, 80% of these projects are drugs and medicines, vaccines and Family Planning commodities and 8.7% are medical, dental and laboratory supplies. Likewise, the number of packages is around 500 procurement packages annually. Pursuant to Section 10 of the said IRR, all procurement shall be done through competitive bidding, except as provided in Rule XVI of this IRR. To visualize, attached herewith is the flowchart per procurement process (Annex A). As to the Alternative Method of Procurement, the selection of the method of procurement is dependent on the presence or absence of specific conditions of other methods of procurement in Sections 48 to 54 of the 2016 Revised IRR of RA No. 9184 and in Annex H. Copy of latest IRR can be downloaded at https://gppb.gov.ph/downloadables.php. 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 the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 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 Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer