Category: Procurement

[ad_1] A ranking congressman has filed a bill that, if enacted, would abolish the Procurement Service (PS)–the highly controversial office behind the P2.4-billion overpriced purchase of second-rate laptops for public school teachers. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) “There’s absolutely no need for the Procurement Service, which has become wholly redundant, and…

[ad_1] Secretary Erwin Tulfo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday stressed the importance of transparency and accountability in government procurement under Republic Act (RA) 9184 or the “Government Procurement Reform Act.” In line with ensuring this thrust, DSWD has conducted an executive briefing to orient the agency’s top managers and…

[ad_1] Vadakara: Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the two states which requested the union government to extend the timeline of copra (dried coconut kernel) procurement through National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed). The union government had agreed to procure 50,000 ton copra from February for the next six months. But Kerala’s agriculture department…