“Failure of a bidder to comply with the requirement or submission of a false Certification shall constitute a ground for automatic disqualification,”
Companies with pending cases with the government are now banned from bidding for projects of the Department of Transportation (DoTr) under new rules the agency recently released.
In a memorandum dated June 26, Transportation Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Procurement Reinier Paul Yebra said the ban was based on Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade’s instruction in line with the procurement principles of Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act for a streamlined bidding process.
“It’s mere common sense. There is a case so there is a problem, why allow these companies to gain from public money? Prospective bidders who want to do business with government must have a clean record, and must have a history of good dealings with the government. It’s that simple,” Tugade said.
Yebra added the DoTr is duty-bound to ensure that all prospective bidders are properly screened to prevent the danger of corruption in government.
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Yebra said all prospective bidders are required to submit a certification, under oath, that they have no pending case against the government.
This certification shall be included in the bid data sheet of bidding documents that the DoTr requires for all its projects.
“Failure of a bidder to comply with the requirement or submission of a false Certification shall constitute a ground for automatic disqualification,” Yebra said.
The disqualification of prospective bidders with pending cases against the government is one of the reforms instituted by Tugade in an effort to promote good governance and transparency in the agency’s bidding and procurement processes.
For the first time in the agency’s history, Tugade last year ordered the livestreaming of bidding processes of all DoTr projects.
He also required bidders seeking to work with DoTr to file their bids and other correspondences via e-mail for fast, free, convenient and secure bidding procedure.
