APPENDIX 3
UNIFORM GUIDELINES FOR BLACKLISTING OF MANUFACTURERS,
SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS
1. SCOPE
These guidelines shall govern the blacklisting of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, contractors and
consultants (contractors for brevity) involved in government procurement for offenses or violations
committed during competitive bidding and contract implementation, in accordance with Section 69.4 of
the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known
as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
These guidelines shall apply to all branches, constitutional commissions and offices, agencies,
departments, bureaus, offices, and instrumentalities of the Government, including government-owned
and/or controlled corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions (GFIs), state universities and
colleges (SUCs), and local government units (LGUs).
2. PROHIBITION ON BLACKLISTED PERSONS/ENTITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
BIDDING OF GOVERNMENT PROJECTS/CONTRACTS
A person/entity that is blacklisted by a procuring entity and/or included in the Government Procurement
Policy Board (GPPB) Consolidated Blacklisting Report shall not be allowed to participate in the bidding
of all government projects during the period of disqualification unless it is delisted as provided for in
these guidelines.
A joint venture or consortium which is blacklisted or which has blacklisted member/s and/or partner/s as
well as a person/entity who is a member of a blacklisted joint venture or consortium are, likewise, not
allowed to participate in any government procurement during the period of disqualification.
In the case of corporations, a single stockholder, together with his/her relatives up to the third civil
degree of consanguinity or affinity, and their assignees, holding at least twenty percent (20%) of the
shares therein, its chairman and president, shall be blacklisted after they have been determined to hold the
same controlling interest in a previously blacklisted corporation or in two corporations which have been
blacklisted; the corporations of which they are part shall also be blacklisted.
3. DEFINITION OF TERMS
3.1 Appellate Authority. The department, office or government unit exercising general and/or
administrative supervision/control over the blacklisting agency. Department level agencies shall
exercise appellate authority over offices, agencies, bureaus, government units, GOCCs and SUCs
under their jurisdiction. Provided, further, that blacklisting decisions of government agencies that
are not subject to general and/or administrative supervision/control of any department, office or
government unit shall be final and executory.