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Friday, June 20, 2003
Speedy supplies purchase scheme set at City Hall
THE joke is that it took the Chinese many years to build the Great Wall because it was a government project.
The reality is that City Hall will soon establish a much faster supplies purchase and procurement procedure after Mayor Bernardo Vergara noted it sometimes "takes months before a light bulb is delivered" to the office needing it.
Vergara approved Thursday a paper process flow covering purchase requests prepared by an ad hoc committee he created earlier to review and remove snags in the present procedure.
The next move is a seminar set Tuesday next week to orient purchasing and supply officers as well as others involved in requisition and procurement on the new procedure, according to City Human Resource Management Officer Joe Dacawi, who headed the review committee.
As agreed, the General Services Office would review all the annual procurement programs of the various city departments.
In case of deviations on the quarterly procurement plan, the concerned office must submit the list of needed supplies to the GSO a month before the start of the quarter.
Henceforth, a common routing slip will be used, indicating the time and movement of the acquisition and procurement papers. Offices will provide a control counter to receive and to inform the transacting public in advance when the papers can be released.
Likewise, detailed specifications of the item being requested must be indicated in the purchase request. The committee noted that the delay in the purchase and delivery of supplies and materials is sometimes due to lack of specifications.
Suppliers and even requisitioning offices will not be allowed to follow up on the papers from one office to another. The same procedure shall be observed in the processing of business and building permits.
Pre-payment in the acquisition and procurement of supplies, materials and equipment will also not be allowed.
The new procedure will be implemented immediately after the briefing next Tuesday.
Composing the review committee are General Services Officer Romeo Concio, City Accountant Antonio Tabin, City Planning & Development Coodinator Arturo Orig, City Treasurer Thelma Manaois, Assesor Estrella Tano, City Engineer Leo Bernardez, City Architect Ignacio Estipona, Public Utilities Services Officer Oscar FLores, Executive Assistant to the Mayor Josefino Balatero and City Auditor Fernando Somera. RD
(June 20, 2003 issue)
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