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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 36, November 29, 2017 ]

REMINDING ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT -OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184 REQUIRING PUBLICATION OF PROCUREMENT NOTICES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEBSITES

WHEREAS, Section 28, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall adopt and implement a policy of full public disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest;

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote good governance and to adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability, equity, efficiency, and economy in its procurement process;

NOW, THEREFORE all government offices, agencies, and instrumentalities, including government-owned or- controlled corporations, state universities and colleges, and local government units, are hereby directed to comply strictly with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its 2018 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations requiring the publication and posting of the Invitation to Bid/Request for Expression of interest in (i) any conspicuous place in the premises of the Procuring Entity; (ii) PhilGEPS website and the website of the Procuring Entity; and (iii) a newspaper of general circulation nationwide, in such manner and for such length of time as may be necessary under the circumstances or as may be provided for by !aw or regulations, in order to ensure the widest possible dissemination thereof.1âшphi1

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 29th day of November in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seventeen.

By Authority of the President:

(Sgd.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA
Executive Secretary

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