A LAWMAKER has filed a bill to abolish the budget department’s procurement arm, which had been flagged by state auditors and probed by Congress over questionable purchases of medical supplies and overpriced laptops.
A LAWMAKER has filed a bill to abolish the budget departments procurement arm, which had been flagged by state auditors and probed by Congress over questionable purchases of medical supplies and overpriced laptops.s Procurement Service and provide affected employees with separation benefits under the Government Reorganization Law.
s absolutely no need for the Procurement Service, which has become wholly redundant, and which has merely served as a breeding ground for corruption,The PS-DBM, which is primarily tasked to run a centralized procurement system for common supplies and equipment of government agencies, was flagged by the Commission on Audit for its purchase of P2.4 billion of slow and outdated laptops for the Department of Education. A separate report questioned the agencys procurement of P1.
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