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3) An Officer - at least fifth ranking permanent official with knowledgeable/experience
and/or expertise in procurement, to the extent possible from the finance area. For
Bureaus, regional/district offices, at least third ranking permanent personnel.

Provisional Members:
4) An Officer who has technical expertise relevant to the procedure at hand.
5) A representative from the end user who has knowledge of procurement laws and
procedures.

The members of the BAC, including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be
designated by the head of the procuring entity.

The Vice-Chairman shall be a regular member of the BAC.

The term “Permanent” shall refer to a plantilla position within the procuring entity
concerned.

The BAC shall have a fixed term of one (1) year renewable at the discretion of the head
of the procuring entity.

Functions of the BAC
➢ Advertise and/or post the invitation to bid
➢ Conduct pre-procurement and pre-bid conferences
➢ Determine the eligibility of prospective bidders
➢ Receive bids
➢ Conduct evaluation of bids
➢ Undertake post-qualification proceedings
➢ Recommend the imposition of sanctions
➢ Perform such other related functions
➢ Create TWG from pool of technical, financial and/or legal experts
➢ Recommend the use of Alternative Methods of Procurement
➢ Ensure that the procuring entity abide by the standards sets forth by the Act and IRR
➢ Prepare a procurement monitoring report approved and submitted by the head of the
procuring entity to the GPPB on a semestral basis, covering all procurement
activities, on-going and completed.
- Goods and infra
- Consulting services
- Php 50M and above
- Php 5M and above

Observers

The observers shall come from organization duly registered with the SEC and should meet
the following criteria:
1) Knowledge and expertise in procurement or in the subject matter of the contract to be
bid.
2) Absence of director or indirect interest in the contract to be bid out.
3) Any other criteria that may be determined by the BAC.

BAC – Secretariat – will serve as the main support unit of the BAC and shall have the
following functions:
1) Provide administrative support to the BAC.
2) Organize and make all necessary arrangements for the BAC meetings.
3) Attend BAC meetings.
4) Prepare minutes of the BAC meetings.