(NAR) VOL. 25 NO. 2 / APRIL - JUNE 2014
Adopted: 23 April 2014
Date Filed: 30 April 2014
WHEREAS, Sec. 38 of RA 4566, otherwise known as the Contractor’s License Law, expressly provides that it is unlawful for two or more contractors to jointly submit a bid without first having secured an additional license for acting in the capacity of a joint venture or any such combination thereof;
WHEREAS, Sec. 10.3 of Rule 10 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations(IRR) of RA 4566 specifically requires a joint venture or consortium to secure an additional license for it to be legally authorized to submit a bid in the form of a special license otherwise known as a joint venture license or consortium license as the case may be;
WHEREAS, despite reminders from PCAB, project owners continue to allow a joint venture/consortium to participate in biddings without requiring the necessary joint venture or consortium license which is an indispensable requirement to qualify as bidder;
WHEREAS, there are instances when construction projects are awarded to a joint venture/consortium who had no joint venture/consortium license at the time of bidding;
WHEREAS, the practice of project owners allowing an unlicensed joint venture/consortium to participate in the bidding is a blatant disregard of the provisions of RA 4566 and the IRR which must be curbed and nipped in the bud;
WHEREAS, PCAB sees the need to strictly enforce the provisions of law on the requirement for a joint venture/consortium license so that all contractors, individual or in combination thereof, must possess the necessary license during the bidding for a particular project.
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Board RESOLVES as it is hereby RESOLVED, that:
This Resolution shall take effect fifteen (15) days from publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
23 April 2014, Makati City, Philippines.
(SGD) RAMON F. ALLADO Chairman | |
(SGD) VICTORINO V. LAHOZ Member | (SGD) FAROUK M. MACARAMBON, SR. Member |
Attested by: | |
(SGD) ANN CLAIRE C. CABOCHAN Director-in-Charge | (SGD) ALEJANDRIA G. GOMEZ Board Secretary |