Thursday, October 04, 2007

Simplified Procurement Manuals for LGUs in the works!

The GPPB with the technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is coming up with a Simplified Procurement Manuals (SPM) designed for LGUs.

The series of consultation meetings with selected LGUs from the different regions were done from July to September to gather inputs, suggestions and procurement issues inherent to LGUs. Region VI was represented in that consultation by BAC members, Secretariat or TWG of the provinces of Antique, Capiz, Iloilo and Negros Occidental; the cities of Iloilo, Passi and San Carlos; and the municipalities of Ivisan, Capiz, Igbaras, Iloilo and Tobias Fornier, Antique.

With the consultation completed the GPPB will next conduct a validation workshop to be participated by five (5) representatives from each region comprising of the DBM Regional Office and four (4) LGU-participants coming from the group which participated in the regional consultation meeting. This is scheduled on October 10-13, 2007 in Zamboanga City. Two (2) other sessions will be scheduled in the coming weeks after which, the SPM will be finalized. Roll-out of the Manual is January of 2008.

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