CBIA Projects Awarded Without Competitive Public Bidding
National Housing Authority · 2023
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What Happened?
Category: ProcurementIssue: Non-complianceThe NHA awarded contracts for housing projects worth over 2.4 billion pesos in 2023 without holding a public bidding process. This has been happening for many years. The law requires government agencies to use competitive bidding, and the NHA is not exempt from this rule, so this is a serious compliance issue.
Why It Matters
Recommended Actions
- Revise the provisions of the CBIA Omnibus Guidelines per MC No. 2021-027 dated August 2, 2021 to comply with the requirement of competitive public bidding prior to the awarding of contracts and to align and adopt appropriate governing laws cited in Section 7 of EO No. 423 dated April 30, 2005
Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"The following CBIA projects entered into by NHA in CY 2023, with a total contract cost of P2.433 billion, did not undergo competitive public bidding, as with other CBIA projects since their implementation in CY 2004 and prior years, to wit:"