RULE XX

63.1. The Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), as established in Section 63 of the Act, shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. To protect national interest in all matters affecting public procurement, having due regard to the country's regional and international obligations;
2. To formulate and amend public procurement policies, rules and regulations, and amend, whenever necessary, this IRR;
3. To prepare a generic procurement manual and the standard bidding forms for procurement;
4. To ensure the proper implementation by Procuring Entities of the Act, this IRR and all other relevant rules and regulations pertaining to public procurement;
5. To establish a sustainable training program to develop the capacity of Government procurement officers and employees, and to ensure the conduct of regular procurement training programs by and for Procuring Entities; and
6. To conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the Act and recommend any amendments thereto, as may be necessary.

63.2. The GPPB Technical Support Office

The GPPB shall create a Technical Support Office (TSO) which shall provide support in the performance of its duties and responsibilities specified in the Act and this IRR. The TSO shall be an attached agency of the DBM and shall be under its administrative supervision for general oversight and for budgeting purposes.

The GPPB shall determine the TSO's organizational structure and staffing, subject to DBM approval. The TSO shall be headed by an Executive Director of good moral character, unquestionable integrity, and known probity, to be appointed by the Secretary of the DBM as Chair of the GPPB. All other officials and employees of the TSO shall be appointed likewise by the Chair of the GPPB, upon favorable recommendation of the TSO's Executive Director.

63.3. The TSO shall provide research, technical and administrative support to the GPPB, including:

1. Research-based procurement policy recommendations and rule-drafting;
2. Development and updating of generic procurement manuals and standard bidding forms;
3. Management and conduct of training on procurement systems and procedures;
4. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the government procurement system and recommendation of improvements in systems and procedures;
5. Monitoring the compliance to the Act and assisting Procuring Entities improve their compliance;
6. Monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of the PhilGEPS; and
7. Secretariat support.

63.4. In addition to the powers granted under the Act and this IRR, the GPPB shall absorb all the powers, functions and responsibilities of the Procurement Policy Board created under E.O. 359, s. 1989. All functions related to procurement policy-making of the Infrastructure Committee of the NEDA Board are transferred to the GPPB.