Senator Francis Tolentino known as for payments he earlier filed to be included the brand new Government Procurement Code requested by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in his State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Tolentino, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, mentioned in a press release on Sunday that among the many provisions he desires included are the abolishment of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), and the registration of all future joint ventures that may take part in authorities bidding with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The senator additionally filed payments looking for to determine a uniform warehousing and stock system for all authorities procuring entities, and one other which mandates all authorities suppliers, contractors, and consultants to submit essential necessities to show monetary capability.
“Sa totoo lang, anim na bills na ‘yung na-file ko sa procurement. So ito, iko-consolidate na lang kung mayroong bagong version ng Republic Act No. 1984— ‘yung Procurement Act natin—isasama na lang po dito,” he was quoted as saying.
(Honestly, I already filed six payments on procurement so if there will probably be a brand new model of Republic Act No. 1984 — the Procurement Act — these will probably be consolidated into one.)
During his second SONA final week, Marcos known as for Congress to prioritize the New Government Procurement Law and the New Government Auditing Code, which he mentioned would wish a whole-of authorities and whole-of-society method to push by way of. — BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
