THE Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), under its new administration, announced that it is suspending the procurement of non- common use supplies and equipment (Non-CSE) until further notice.
This means that PS-DBM will not accept requests for NCSE procurement until further notice, according to PS-DBM Executive Director Dennis Santiago in an advisory.
“During the suspension, the PS-DBM shall not accept new requests for Non-CSE procurement until further notice. This will allow us to focus on the fulfillment of our primary mandate, which is to procure CSEs (Common-use Supplies and Equipment),” Santiago stressed.
“Tatapusin na lamang po ‘yung procurement ng mga non-CSE na ongoing o nasa pipeline na hanggang sa sila’y makumpleto. Pero hanggang doon na lang po iyon. Pagkatapos noon, wala na. Lahat ng procurement, CSE na lang,” Santiago added.
The PS-DBM is the centralized procurement of CSE for the entire government. CSEs include the procurement of items essential to the day-to-day operations of government agencies such as, but not limited to, ballpens, papers, stapler, paper clips, folders, and the like.