Pimentel said “it’s about time that the Blue Ribbon Committee conducts this much needed investigation into the details of this LTO contract.”
alleged “undue payment” given by the Land Transportation Office to a joint venture in connection with a P3.19-billion Road IT Infrastructure project.
Filed on August last year, Senate Resolution No. 147 seeks an investigation on the LTO’s undue payment to the joint venture of Dermalog Identification System, Holy Family Printing Corp., and Microgenesis and Verzontal Builders, citing certain provisions of the law that “issuances are explicit in providing that as a general rule, no payment shall be made for services not yet rendered or for supplies and materials not yet delivered under any contract with the government.”
Pimentel noted that Clause 10 of the General Conditions of the Contract of the standard Philippine Bidding Documents for Goods state that “Payments shall be made only upon a certification by the Head of the Procuring Entity to the effect that the Goods have been rendered or delivered in accordance with the terms of this Contract and have been duly inspected and accepted.”
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