APPENDIX 2
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR CONTRACT PRICE ESCALATION
1. SCOPE
1.1 These guidelines shall govern requests for contract price escalation during contract
implementation of all contracts for the procurement of goods and infrastructure projects under
extraordinary circumstances pursuant to and in accordance with Section 61 of Republic Act No.
9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known as Government Procurement Reform Act and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR). No contract price escalation for consulting services shall be
allowed.
1.2 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. PURPOSE
These guidelines are being formulated to meet the following objectives:
2.1 To prescribe the rules and procedures in the approval by the Government Procurement Policy
Board (GPPB) of requests for price escalation;
2.2 To ensure that the task mandated by Section 61 of R.A. 9184 shall be undertaken competently,
objectively and expeditiously by the GPPB and the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA); and
2.3 To establish the legal and technical parameters for an objective determination of events that will
result to extraordinary circumstances in accordance with the Civil Code of the Philippines.
3. DEFINITION OF TERMS
3.1 Price Escalation. Refers to an increase in the contract price during contract implementation on
the basis of the existence of extraordinary circumstances as determined by the NEDA and upon prior
approval of the GPPB.
3.2 Extraordinary Circumstances. Refers to an event or occurrence, or series of events or
occurrences during contract implementation which give/s rise to price escalation as may be
determined by the NEDA, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code of the Philippines,
as enumerated in Section 4 hereof.
3.3 Extraordinary Inflation or Deflation. Refers to the decrease or increase of the purchasing
power of the Philippine currency which is unusual or beyond the common fluctuation in the value of
said currency, in accordance with the two (2) standard deviation rule computed under Section
5.2.b of these guidelines and such decrease or increase could not have been reasonably foreseen or
was manifestly beyond the contemplation; ;of the parties at the time of the establishment of the