Bidding to be livestreamed

“This is already required by law. But because of the Executive Order of Governor Pam on transparency, we are just implementing it,” Durano said.

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The EO requires livestreaming of all procurement conferences, including pre-procurement meetings, pre-bid conferences, bid openings, and other BAC sessions, through official government websites and social media platforms.

Mainstream media may also cover these activities live, provided they do not disrupt proceedings.

Durano said BAC has already been video recording meetings and will begin livestreaming during the first open bid scheduled next week.

“We started already in our previous BAC meetings, but it is going to be in our next week's meeting where we will have our very first open bid. So that's when the livestream will come in,” he added.

Under Section 5 of EO 37, livestreaming is required for all bidding processes, regardless of project amount. However, video recordings must be stored for five years only for projects exceeding P10 million for goods, P20 million for infrastructure, and P5 million for consulting services.