(Eagle News) –President Bongbong Marcos has said he wants safeguards in place for online government procurement.
“There will still be an element of accreditation because we cannot just open the market to anything…. (What if) you buy something, you get nothing. A box with nothing inside. ‘Yung ganoon,” President Marcos said in a statement issued by the Presidential Communications Office.
The PCO said the President made the statement during a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday.
“So, to safeguard against that, kailangan accredited ‘yung kausap natin,” the President said.
The President also warned about overpricing, which he said would be disadvantageous to those buying products and equipment through the digital platform.
The Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday announced that the Procurement Service – Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) will pilot an e-marketplace under the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS).
PhilGEPS is the electronic commerce service owned and operated by the PS-DBM, which serves as the central portal for all procurement information and activities of the government.