Overview/Background

Shopping is a method of procurement of goods whereby the Procuring Entity simply requests for the submission of price quotations for readily available off-the-shelf Goods or ordinary/regular equipment to be procured directly from suppliers of known qualifications (IRR-A Section 52).

Inherent in this definition are the following requisites:

The goods to be procured are readily available off-the-shelf items or ordinary/regular equipment; and

The suppliers from whom the goods are procured are of known qualifications.

Legal Bases:

• The 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations – Annex H
• Manual of Procedures for the Procurement of Goods and Services

Reports:

• 2019 Procurement of Goods – Shopping Reports