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Splitting of Procurement to Avoid Public Bidding

Department of Public Works and Highways · 2023

Severity: ModerateRecommendation: Unknown

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What Happened?

Category: Procurement ComplianceIssue: Non-compliance

The agency broke up a large purchase into smaller parts to avoid holding a public bidding process, which is against procurement rules.

Why It Matters

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Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"No public bidding was conducted by the Agency for the procurement of its goods due to splitting of its procurement into different portions/dates as a result of insufficient planning and poor implementation of programs and activities."

Source Document

09-DPWH2023_Part2-Observations_and_Recomm.pdf

2023 AAR · 13 files