Government Procurement Policy Board Technical Support Office(GPPB)

November 9, 2022 Dear Mr. Labang, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 06, 2022 10:01:00 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You requested our guidance on the following queries: a. Whether a Procuring Entity can require prospective suppliers to be from a specific place to become eligible to bid for a project. b. Whether a Procuring Entity can require prospective bidders to have another place of office other than its principal place of business. Response to Request Your FOI request is partially approved. Regarding your first query, a PE may do so in specific procurement like Lease of Real Property or Venue where the place is crucial and forms part of the specification requirement. It may also be relevant in the procurement of goods that is bundled with repair services, such that the repair shops for the goods or items procured are intended to be accessible to the Procuring Entity. There may be other kinds of procurement where the PE may require prospective suppliers to be from a certain place. Regarding your final query, we refrain from answering the question due to vagueness. Should you want us to respond, we respectfully request you to clarify your concern. 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).   FOI Feedback To help us in our constant endeavor to provide excellent service, we would sincerely appreciate if you shared your thoughts, concerns, comments, and suggestions through this brief customer feedback form provided in the link below:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBVxTLWNjqp0_NjPnVKIHRvsnup28mywfmLv_JU4FZfW6EKQ/viewform    Thank you.      Respectfully,   FOI Officer