The chief of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management is planning to launch an investigation into the P2.4 billion worth of“The PS-DBM, under my watch, shall fully cooperate to address the Commission on Audit's findings and recommendations regarding the procurement of P2.4 billion worth of laptops for the Department of Education in 2021,” PS-DBM Executive Director Dennis Santiago told GMA News Online on Saturday.
“I shall instruct a thorough examination of the cost of the items involved, as well as [their] technical specifications,” Santiago said. Santiago said the PS-DBM’s mandate is to ensure that the procurement process is transparent and competitive to avoid irregularities. "Based on the initial feedback we gathered from the auditors in the NCR and Cordillera Administrative Region , they stated that the delivered laptop computers by the winning bidder are too slow because the processor is .... outdated; and the price is too high based on the specifications as attached to the DepEd Memorandum," the audit report said.
Mgresign ka na lang kung me hiya kpa. Command responsibility is the issue here.
Its finger pointing time…