House budget hearing: Sara Duterte’s DepEd accused of ‘rigged bidding’ for laptops
A member of the House of Representatives raised concerns about the possibility of a rigged bidding process for laptops when Vice President Sara Duterte was still head of the agency.
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00:00A member of the House of Representatives raised concerns about the possibility of a rigged
00:06bidding process for laptops when Vice President Sara Duterte was still head of the agency.
00:11House lawmakers moved to compel the Education Department to release all bidding documents
00:16in relation to the DepEd computerization program in 2022 and 2023.
00:21Batangas Representative Jervin Loistro introduced a motion to issue a subpoena for production
00:26of evidence to DepEd, which the Appropriations Committee approved without objections.
00:31This after Acobico Representative Jill Bongalon raised concerns about the possibility of irregularities
00:36in the procurement process.
00:38Based on information he obtained, there were 16 lots for the contract but only two lots
00:42passed and only one bidder won.
00:45Another round of bidding was supposedly conducted for the other 14 lots because the bidders
00:49were initially disqualified.
00:51Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to respond to the accusations.