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Protests on Decisions of the BAC. - Decisions of the BAC in all stages of procurement may be protested to the HoPE. For this purpose, the GPPB shall establish an electronic filing system for bidders to submit their protests after paying a non-refundable protest fee via electronic payment channels within the system. The amount of the protest fee, which shall be a reasonable amount in proportion to the ABC but not exceed Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) and the periods during which the protests may be filed and resolved shall be specified in the IRR: Provided, however, That a prior request for reconsideration should have been filed by the party concerned to the BAC and the same has been resolved.
The HoPE shall resolve the filed protest and issue a decision through the system.
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