Section 9February 28, 2001, Sec./Art. 9

Eligibility Categories for the Grant of the Award. - Awards shall be made to qualifying organizations in each of the following categories:

(a) Small and Medium Scale Enterprises as defined under the Magna Carta for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises;

(b) Manufacturing companies or their subsidiaries;

(c) Companies which primarily provide services;

(d) Agricultural Producers; and

(e) Offices, agencies, bureaus of the National Government, and any of its subdivisions, including government-owned and -controlled corporations and local government units.

The Committee may at any time expand, subdivide, or otherwise modify the list of categories above enumerated and may establish separate awards for other organizations upon a determination that the objectives of this Act would be better served thereby; except that any such expansion, subdivision, modification, or establishment shall not be effective unless and until thirty (30) days after the Committee has published a detailed description thereof.

The Philippine Quality Award for Performance Excellence shall be given to all applicant organizations that garnered the qualifying conditions per year. No award shall be granted within any of the four levels if there are no qualifying organizations in that level. An organization granted the Philippine Quality Award for Performance Excellence shall be ineligible to receive another award in the same level for a period of three (3) years. However, previous winners of any of the Recognition Levels: Mastery/ Proficiency/Commitment, shall be eligible to apply for another award.