Requested from GPPB by G. Cortez at 03:46 PM on
Jan 13, 2023.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 01/13/2023 - 01/13/2023
Tracking no: #GPPB-247317074380
Cortez 03:46 PM, Jan 13, 2023
Greetings,
Currently, the PE already has an ISP but wants to upgrade the speed, but instead of upgrading the speed, it will opt to procure another connection from a different provider with the same speed and cost thereby doubling the speed. Is there a certain provision prohibiting the procurement of an additional ISP from a different provider for augmentation?
Officer 01:37 PM, Jan 31, 2023
January 31, 2023
Dear Giovanni,
Thank you for your request dated Jan 13, 2023 03:46:30 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Procurement of 2 or more ISPs.
We received your request on Jan 13, 2023 03:46:30 PM and should respond on or before Feb 03, 2023 03:46:30 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. However, due to the resignation of our FOI Receiving Officer, may we request an extension of the deadline of our response on or before 15 February 2023.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEUdQUEItMjQ3MzE3MDc0MzgwDA, for request with ticket number #GPPB-247317074380.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer
GPPB-TSO 04:43 PM, Feb 16, 2023
February 16, 2023
Dear Giovanni Cortez,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Jan 13, 2023 03:46:30 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for Procurement of 2 or more ISPs.
Response to Request
Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested.
PEs are not prohibited from bidding out its additional ISP, so long as the additional ISP is properly included the APP of the agency in accordance with Section 7.2 of RA No. 9184 and its 2016 Revised IRR. As a reminder, Section 10 of RA No. 9184 and its 2016 Revised IRR prescribes that all procurement shall be done through competitive bidding. Alternative methods may be resorted to only in highly exceptional cases subject to the approval of the Head of the Procuring Entity (HOPE), and whenever justified by the conditions provided in the law.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the GPPB-TSO Executive Director, Atty. Rowena Candice M. Ruiz, thru e-mail address at gppb@gppb.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Decision Maker, GPPB-TSO
FOI Receiving Officer
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