01/06/2026
๐ฃ๐ฆ-๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐; ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management joined the Government Procurement PH - GPPB-Tso, the World Bank Group, and other reviewing institutions for the โGender-Responsive Procurement: Supply-Demand Activation Pilot,โ which operationalizes the inclusivity and gender-responsive mandates of the New Government Procurement Act (NGPA), on June 1, 2026, at the Westin Manila, Mandaluyong City.
The โGRP: Supply-Demand Activation Pilotโ brought together women business enterprises (WBEs) and participating procuring entities (PEs). The morning featured the capturing of self-declaration data to record each enterprise's status and conduct of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) platform tutorial and modernized PhilGEPS 2 orientation. Simultaneously, the PE teams assembled in a separate workroom to apply the new procurement templates to analyze whether their actual 2026 procurement categories were a good fit for women-led businesses.
The tracks reunited in the afternoon for a central convergence session where the PEs presented their morning work to the assembled WBE audience, followed by an interactive open forum.
In her closing remarks, Executive Director (ED) Genmaries Entredicho-Caong encouraged the participants to carry on with the current GRP action plans: โOur GRP efforts have produced a scalable blueprint for reform that provides a highly-repeatable framework across all government tiersโฆwe will continue to accomplish (efforts) in the months to come in pursuit of a sustainably diversified national procurement.โ
PS-DBM completed the GFPS Survey for 10 enterprisesโconsisting of one (1) Women-Led Business, one (1) Women-Dominated Cooperative, and eight Women-Owned Businesses, with five (5) already registered in PhilGEPSโwhile its Customer Service Division (CSD) assisted a total of 14 clients, including 13 merchants and one (1) agency.
Joining PS-DBM and GPPB-TSO were the Philippine Commission on Women, Department of Trade and Industry, Securities and Exchange Commission, Cooperative Development Authority, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Transportation, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Justice, Social Security System, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-MIMAROPA, and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
By lending support and joining this project, PS-DBM continues to demonstrate its unwavering cooperation with initiatives for gender-responsive and diversified procurement.