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GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT DURING EMERGENCY ORDER PERIOD
The Public Construction Commission (PCC) stated that while the Emergency Order remains in force, not all procurements by government agencies can be made on a negotiated-price basis. Under the Regulations Governing Tendering and Award for Special Procurement, it is first necessary to ascertain that the nation faces war, natural disaster, epidemic, or major financial or economic crisis, and that the President has issued an emergency order in accordance with the Constitution; or that the people's lives, health or property are in imminent danger. The chief official of the procuring entity, or a person authorized by him or her, must then confirm that urgent execution of the procurement is necessary, and must endorse the approval document clearly indicating which provisions of the Government Procurement Law do not apply. Only then may government procurement be made on a negotiation basis. Any provisions of the Government Procurement Law not excluded by such an endorsement continue to apply.