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(NAR) VOL. 14 NOS. 3-4 / JULY-DECEMBER 2003

[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 119, September 18, 2003 ]

APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS - PART A DATED JULY 11, 2003 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT"



WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9184 entitled "An Act Providing for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation Of The Procurement Activities Of the Government And For Other Purposes," otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, was signed into law on January 10, 2003;

WHEREAS, Section 75 of Republic Act No. 9184 mandated the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), jointly with the members of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee, to formulate the implementing rules and regulations thereof, for the approval of the President of the Philippines, to wit: 

"SEC. 75. Implementing Rules and Regulations and Standard Forms. - Within sixty (60) days from the promulgation of this Act, the necessary rules and regulations of the proper implementation of its provisions shall be formulated by the GPPB, jointly with the members of the Oversight Committee created under Section 74 hereof. The said rules and regulations shall be approved by the President of the Philippines. For a period not later than thirty (30) days upon the approval of the implementing rules and regulations, the standard forms for Procurement shall be formulated and approved.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 75 of Republic Act No. 9184, the GPPB, jointly with the members of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee, indorses for approval the Implementing Rules and Regulations - Part A dated July 11, 2003 of Republic Act No. 9184, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex A*.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby approve the Implementing Rules and Regulations - Part A dated July 11, 2003 of Republic Act No. 9184.

Adopted: 18 Sept. 2003

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary

* Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U.P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City
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