Cover -- Contents -- Figures, Graphs, Tables, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Currency Equivalents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword from the Government Procurement Policy Board -- Foreword from the Asian Development Bank -- Foreword from the Japan International Cooperation Agency -- Foreword from the World Bank -- Executive Summary -- 1. Background -- 1.1 Country Economic Context -- 1.2 Country Assistance Strategies and Portfolios -- 1.3 Public Sector Procurement -- 1.4 The 2008 Country Procurement Assessment Report -- 1.5 Key Findings under the 2008 Country Procurement Assessment Report -- 1.6 Accomplishments after the 2008 Country Procurement Assessment Report -- 1.7 Further Challenges -- 1.8 Country Procurement Assessment Report Process -- 2. Findings, Assessments, and Recommendations -- 2.1 Pillar I: The Legislative and Regulatory Framework -- 2.1.1 Procurement Legislative Framework -- 2.1.2 Implementing Regulations and Documentation -- 2.2 Pillar II: Institutional Framework and Management Capacity -- 2.2.1 Links to Public Financial Management Systems -- 2.2.2 Management Capacity -- 2.2.3 Institutional Development Capacity -- 2.3 Pillar III: Procurement Operations and Market Practices -- 2.3.1 Efficiency of Procurement Operations and Practices -- 2.3.2 Functionality of the Public Procurement Market -- 2.3.3 Contract Implementation and Completion -- 2.4 Pillar IV: Integrity and Transparency of the Public Procurement System -- 2.4.1 Internal Control and Audit -- 2.4.2 Efficiency of Appeals Mechanism -- 2.4.3 Degree of Access to Information -- 2.4.4 Ethics and Anticorruption Measures -- 3. Country Risk Assessment -- 4. Foreign-Assisted Projects -- 4.1 Legal Basis -- 4.2 Harmonization -- 5. Action Plan -- ANNEXES -- 1 2012 Action Plan for the Philippine Public Procurement System.

2 Composition of Country Procurement Assessment Report Working Group -- 3 Loan Portfolio and Lending Program of Major International Financing Institutions in the Philippines -- 4 Summary of 2010 Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Assessment Ratings for 17 Agencies -- 5 Recommendations and Agreements on Civil Society Organization Participation -- 6 Comparison of Government of the Philippines, ADB, and World Bank Procurement Rules -- 7 Review of the World Bank's National Competitive Bidding Procurement Annex -- 8 Review of ADB's National Competitive Bidding Procurement Annex -- 9A: The World Bank's National Competitive Bidding Requirements -- 9B: ADB's National Competitive Bidding Annex to Procurement Plan -- 10 Status of Actions Agreed in 2008 Country Procurement Assessment Report Update -- Figures, Graphs, Tables, and Boxes -- FIGURES -- 1 Graphical Representation of the Baseline Indicator Pillars for the Philippine Public Procurement Systems in 2008 and 2012 -- 2 Baseline Indicator Assessment Scores, 2008 and 2012 -- 3 Graphical Representation of the Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Pillars for the Philippine Public Procurement System in 2012 -- GRAPHS -- 1 Legal and Regulatory Framework -- 2 Institutional Framework and Management Capacity -- 3 Procurement Operations and Market Practices -- 4 Integrity and Transparency of the Public Procurement System -- TABLES -- 1 Government of the Philippines Procurement Budget, 2008-2012 -- 2 Summary of Baseline Indicator Scores for Pillar I: Legislative and Regulatory Framework -- 3 Summary of Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Results for Pillar I: Agency Compliance to Legislative and Regulatory Framework.

4 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 1: Public Procurement Legislative and Regulatory Framework Achieves the Agreed Standards and Complies with Applicable Obligations -- 5 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 2: Existence of Implementing Regulations and Documentation -- 6 Summary of Scores for Pillar II: Institutional Framework and Management Capacity -- 7 Summary of Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Results for Pillar II: Agency Institutional Framework and Management Capacity -- 8 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 3: The Public Procurement Is Mainstreamed and Well Integrated into the Public Sector Governance System -- 9 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 4: The Country Has a Functional Normative and/or Regulatory Body -- 10 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 5: Existence of Institutional Development Capacity -- 11 Status of Compliance with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System Registration, 2008 and 2012 -- 12 Suppliers, Contractors, and Consultants Registered with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System, 2011 -- 13 Summary of Baseline Indicator Scores for Pillar III: Procurement Operations and Market Practices -- 14 Summary of Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Results for Pillar III: Agency Procurement Operations and Market Practices -- 15 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 6: Efficient Procurement Operations and Practice -- 16 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 7: Functionality of the Public Procurement Market -- 17 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 8: Existence of Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution Provisions -- 18 Summary of Baseline Indicator Scores for Pillar IV: Integrity and Transparency of the Public Procurement System.

19 Summary of Agency Procurement Compliance and Performance Indicator Results for Pillar IV: Integrity and Transparency of the Agency Procurement Systems -- 20 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 9: Effective Control and Audit System -- 21 Government Agencies with Internal Audit Services, 2011 -- 22 Government Agencies with Internal Audit Services, March 2013 -- 23 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 10: Efficiency of Appeals Mechanism -- 24 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 11: Degree of Access to Information -- 25 Summary of Scores for Baseline Indicator 12: Ethics and Anticorruption Measures -- 26 Level of Risk of the Philippine Public Procurement System by Indicator -- 27 Updates on Harmonization Activities for the Government of the Philippines -- 28 Number of Conflicting Paragraphs in the Philippine Bidding Documents -- 29 Threshold per Contract -- BOXES -- 1 Summary of Recommendations for Pillar 1 -- 2 Government Integrated Financial Management Information System -- 3 Summary of Recommendations for Pillar 2 -- 4 Summary of Recommendations for Pillar 3 -- 5 Summary of Recommendations for Pillar 4.