Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Prerequisites to Optimization. -

(a) Organizational Review and Study. - An agency covered under this Act shall conduct an organizational review and study of the agency's mandates, missions, objectives, functions, systems, procedures, programs, activities, projects, organizational structure, staffing patterns, and manpower complement. The study shall also include the evaluation of the qualifications and performance of all personnel.

(b) Optimization Plan. - The agency shall formulate an Optimization Plan consistent with the governing principles set forth under Section 5 of this Act, which shall include areas where improvements are necessary and areas where more resources need to be rechanneled as part of its institutional strengthening effort.

The Optimization Plan may also include the agency's requirement for additional plantilla positions for its qualified casual or contractual personnel, as well as its job order or contract of service workers with a minimum of ten (10) years of continuous service in the agency, subject to a cap or quota as may be determined by the COEB and the existing civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and the CSC-approved Merit Selection Plan of the agency: Provided, That the optimized agency shall not be allowed to hire casual or contractual personnel, as well as job order or contract of service workers within five (5) years from the time the Optimization Plan is implemented.

The organizational review and study, and the Optimization Plan shall be submitted to the COED within the period prescribed in the IRR. The DBM and the CSC may extend, as necessary, assistance to the agencies in the preparation of the Optimization Plan.

The agency shall conduct the organizational review and study, and the Optimization Plan, in consultation with an employee representative, in the following order of preference:

(1) The sole and exclusive negotiating agent (SENA);

(2) The representative of its registered organization; or

(3) A nominee from its rank and file employees.