THE Commission on Audit (COA) denied Lapu-Lapu City's motion for reconsideration on the commission's notice of disallowance issued against Mayor Arturo Radaza and members of his committee on awards on the purchase of medical supplies in 2002.
The notice of disallowance pertained to the purchase of dental needles, alcohol and surgical gloves in March 2002. The amount COA disallowed is P43,265.
It was later found out that the gloves were bought more than twice the market price.
Last Sept. 28, 2002, Sun.Star reported that City Hall paid Basic Pharmaceutical P26.90 for each pair of gloves, while the said item costs only P14 in Mercury Drug and P12.50 in Berovan
Marketing.
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Palihug ug tubag ani Dodong Erik . . . ug sa previous post kabahin sa overpriced computers. Hilig man na ug double price ang imo amo Radaza oi ! LOL
way future f si lito ang makadaog...
In a government bidding, a procuring entity is limited in its choices of supplier on those who participate in the bidding process. Those who do not participate, even if they wish to offer give-away prices, are naturally excluded in the selection.
Thus, if Mercury Drug and Berovan did not participate in the bidding, they cannot be awarded a contract. After all, it would be unjustifiable if a procuring entity holds a bidding and then end up awarding it to a store that did not reply to the published invitation to bid, purchase bidding documents, attend the pre-bidding conference and submitted a valid bid.
Further, even if they did participate in the bidding, Mercury Drug and Berovan could have been disqualified due to insufficient documents or other defects in their bid. Documents like DTI and SEC papers, GEPB registration, mayor's permit, latest electronically-filed BIR tax payments, bid security, experience in similar ongoing government projects, etc. have to be complied with. Again, failing this, a bidder may end up disqualified.
The best way for a private sector group to ensure that a bidding is not anomalous is to participate in the bidding process itself. The law on government procurement allows this through civil society representation. Unfortunately, many private sector groups do not avail of this important provision of law. They do not show up, much less take an active part in biddings, even if the law allows and in fact encourages them to do so.
May I therefore suggest that private sector groups that claim to be anti-graft actively take part in government bidding transactions in compliance with RA 9184 (Government Procurement Act).
Schedules for bidding are posted on a bulletin board at city hall and published in local and national dailies. Let's fight anomalies in government biddings inside the system and within legal bounds, not outside of it. If we do not do that because we'd rather open our mouths without exercising our vigilance within legal bounds, then our statements could become suspect.
How convenient it is for people to speak out against what he perceives as the likes of Hitler yet speaks just like one himself by imposing his opinion on others and by castigating those who hold adverse views...no wonder he'd rather that I speak out on dictatorship and not about democracy...
I had to do some things at city hall for three days in a row last week...I saw the mayor during the afternoons that I went there...he looked fine, limping as usual, but otherwise healthy and in good spirits while greeting those that he met on his way upstairs to his office...
I saw the mayor three times at city hall last week when I had to do somethings there...he looked healthy and in high spirits, greeting people and even shaking the hands of some supporters...I don't understand all this fuzz about the health of someone who appears healthy...
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