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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking to exempt its procurement of rice seeds from public bidding to ensure that farmers would get only “good quality and appropriate” seeds.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking to exempt its procurement of rice seeds from public bidding to ensure that farmers would get only “good quality and appropriate” seeds.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said he has sought the guidance of President Duterte on how the DA could skirt the usual government procurement process wherein the lowest bidder wins.

“We at the DA wish to ask for your guidance regarding the lowest bid rule for the procurement of palay seeds to ensure that the supplier with good quality and appropriate seed supply wins the contract,” Piñol said in a letter addressed to Duterte, which he posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

See full article at Business Mirror

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