Gov’t offices urged: Buy supplies at DBM depot
>> Thursday, September 22, 2016
By Gary
Pekas
BONTOC, Mountain Province -- Mountain
Province government offices were urged to purchase supplies at Dept. of Budget
and Management procurement service depot here at lower rates.
This, after the
provincial government and DBM procurement service department launched the depot
Sept. 14.
The depot was
relocated to the ground floor of the multi-purpose building, here at the back
of the Land Bank of the Philippines Bontoc Branch.
During simple
launching ceremonies, Gov. Bonifacio C. Lacwasan, Jr., said “We welcome this
latest development, as the depot shall be more able to provide needed supplies
and materials for government offices in the province, at cheaper prices, while
simplifying procurement processes as well. As office supplies and materials
needed by government offices increase, we expect the depot, under the
supervision of the Province, shall improve its services and thus help these
offices provide better service to our common clientele, the people of the
province.”
Previously, the
procurement service in the province was a sub-depot of the Benguet depot.
However, in a
memorandum of agreement between the provincial government and DBM signed
recently, the sub-depot became a full-fledged depot.
In the MOA, with the
province would be providing administrative supervision, marketing and sales
support.
Depots all over the
country were established by the DBM pursuant to DBM Executive Order 359, series
of 1989.
This EO was later supported
by Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act.
These depots are
meant to provide commonly used supplies, materials and equipment requirements
of various government offices.
Since its existence
in 2008, the Mountain Province sub-depot has provided a source of supplies,
materials and equipment to many government offices in the province, enabling
the depot to earn more than P2.2 million from total sales of almost P39
million.
Pauline Manogan, PS
Mountain Province depot manager, said prices of the goods in their warehouse
may be as much as fifty percent lower than similar products found in commercial
stores, and thus provides opportunities for government offices to save expenses
for supplies and materials.
Manogan urged all
government offices to take advantage of the depot for their supplies, as it
simplifies the procurement process, since it does away with the need to canvass
for supplies available in the depot. Ms. Manogan noted some municipal local
government prefer to get supplies from the Benguet depot, specially recently
when stocks of the MP depot were not being replenished by the PS-DBM recently
pending the MOA with the province.
She added offices
will save on transportation costs if they procure supplies from the MP depot.
The location – the
office and warehouse - of the Procurement Service Office has been transferred a
few times, until it was finally relocated to its present location.
