Alternative Modes of Procurement

B.1  The regular BACs also conduct procurement under alternative modes except for the following:

B.1.1   Agency – to – Agency

B.1.2   Shopping - for amounts less than PhP500,000.00

B.1.3   Negotiated procurement - small value for amounts less than PhP500,000.00

B.1.4   Negotiated procurement - lease of venue which are delegated to the colleges, institutes under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Property and Supply Office (PSO) for the central administration. For PGH, procurement under the above cited modes is conducted by its Purchasing Office but approval of purchase orders and other documents follows the levels of authority delegated to the PGH Director.

(Source: Memorandum No. CCDP 2017-070 Internal Guidelines on the Implementation of Increased Threshold for Shopping and Small Value Procurement as per 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9184.)

B.2  The conduct of small value procurement and shopping is further delegated to the endusers (colleges, NIH institutes, PSO for central administration and CPDMO for works) as follows:

B.2.1  Purchases amounting to PhP20,000.00 and below per transaction - through telephone canvass.

B.2.2  Purchases amounting to more than P20,000.00 to P100,000.00 per transaction - through open canvass.

B.2.3  Purchases amounting to more than PhP100,000.00 to PhP500,000.00 per transaction – through sealed canvass dropped and opened at the Internal Audit Office.

(Source: Approval authority limits for UP Manila Officer that took effect on 01 April 2016)