APPENDIX 13
IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON AGENCY-TO-AGENCY AGREEMENTS
Negotiated Procurement under Section 53.5 of the IRR
1. POLICY RATIONALE
It is the general policy of government to purchase its requirements from the private sector. However, it
acknowledges that, in some exceptional cases, procurement from another agency of the government is
more efficient and economical for the government.
Thus, in accordance with Section 10 of Republic Act No. (R.A.) 9184 and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR), all procurement shall be done through open and competitive public bidding. Only in
highly exceptional cases, and when justified by the conditions prescribed under these guidelines, can the
procuring entity procure from another government agency under the r paragraph of Section 533 of the IRR
of R.A. 9184.
2. PURPOSE
These guidelines are being issued to strictly prescribe the conditions when a government agency may
procure from another government agency without need of public bidding pursuant to the 1st paragraph of
Section 53.5 of the IRR of R.A. 9184 (hereinafter, referred to as Agency-to-Agency Agreements).
3. SCOPE AND APPLICATION
These guidelines shall govern the procurement of infrastructure projects, consulting services, and goods
from another agency of the GOP, which includes all Departments, Bureaus, Offices and Agendes of the
National Government, Government-Owned and/or Controlled Corporations, Government Financing
Institutions, State Universities and Colleges, and Local Government Units.
However, infrastructure projects undertaken through the Armed Forces of the Philippines Corps of
Engineers (AFPCOE) which shall continue to be governed by the Guidelines on Implementation of
Infrastructure Projects Undertaken by the AFP Corps of Engineers under Government Procurement Policy
Board (GPPB) Resolution No. 09- 2005, are excluded from the application of these guidelines.
4. DEFINITION OF TERMS
For the purpose of these guidelines, the following terms shall have the corresponding meanings:
As amended by GPPB Resolution 03-2011, dated 28 January 2011, published in the Manila Times on 6
April 2011 As amended by GPPB Resolution 12-2013, dated 26 April 2013, published in the Manila
Times on 12 November 2013