00:00Mr. Supenya, good morning.
00:01Good morning, sir.
00:03Mr. Supenya, during your direct examination,
00:06you said that you were the division chief of the EGPOD, correct?
00:12Yes, sir.
00:13Can you remind us again, what does EGPOD stand for?
00:16Electronic Government Procurement Operation Divisions.
00:20And during your direct examination,
00:23you also said that the Philgeps,
00:26it was created under procurement laws.
00:28Do you remember that?
00:30Yes, sir.
00:30Yes.
00:33And the declared policies under these procurement laws are,
00:37tell me if I'm correct.
00:39First is to promote transparency, correct?
00:41Yes, sir.
00:42Also to promote public monitoring, correct?
00:46If you are aware.
00:48Not public monitoring.
00:48If you're accountability.
00:51I'm not aware.
00:53Competition in government procurement.
00:55Not aware.
00:56Not aware.
01:02And Mr. Witness, during your direct examination,
01:05you said that the Philgeps portal serves as the single electric portal
01:09for all government procurement, correct?
01:12Yes.
01:12Procurement activities, sir.
01:13So, by this, you mean this is where invitations to bid,
01:18requests for quotations, notices of award,
01:22notices to proceed,
01:23and other procurement and technical documents are uploaded, correct?
01:27Uploaded, and yung bid notice po, doon po kinikreate.
01:30Yes.
01:30Thank you, Mr. Witness.
01:33And,
01:35Mr. Supenya,
01:36this Philgeps portal,
01:38you also said this was accessible to the public, correct?
01:42Yes, sir.
01:42Yes.
01:43So, as long as you sign up,
01:44plug in,
01:44it's accessible to practically anywhere.
01:47There are capabilities po,
01:49kahit hindi po nakaregister.
01:52So, this,
01:53the portal is accessible to merchants, correct?
01:56Yes, sir.
01:57Yes.
01:58Potential bidders, correct?
01:59Correct, sir.
02:00Yes.
02:00Public oversight committees, correct?
02:02Yes, sir.
02:03Yes.
02:05And you said that once the procurement activity is fully conducted by the procuring entity,
02:16they would have to upload procurement documents to fully close the bid.
02:22Do you remember saying that?
02:23Yes, sir.
02:23As part of their responsibilities, sir.
02:25Yes.
02:26Okay.
02:26Thank you, Mr. Witness.
02:33Thank you, Mr. Witness.
