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Blacklist looms for more builders involved in flood-control projects
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) has canceled the membership of nine companies linked to Cezarah Rowena Discaya from the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) due to alleged involvement in anomalous flood control projects.
SYMS Construction Trading and Wawao Builders have already been removed from PhilGEPS after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) barred them last week for involvement in "ghost" infrastructure projects.
The PS-DBM is awaiting official blacklisting orders from the DPWH before removing additional contractors from the electronic procurement system.
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman stated that the New Government Procurement Act grants implementing agencies the authority to blacklist contractors, a process that PS-DBM is ready to follow.
These cancellations effectively bar the involved contractors from participating in future government biddings.
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The Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) has cancelled the membership in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) of nine companies linked to Pacifico and Sarah Discaya.
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has permanently disqualified SYMS Construction Trading and Wawao Builders from participating in flood control projects.
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