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On PS-DBM’s procurement process: Sen. Nancy Binay, during the proposed 2022 budget hearing of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Tuesday, September 21, 2021, asks Dir. Joshua Laure, officer-in-charge of the Procurement Service of the DBM (PS-DBM), to explain the flow of the agency’s procurement process. “Technically, do you decide what to buy as long as they are common supplies? Are you required to get a clearance from the Budget and Management Secretary or can you act independently?” Binay asked. Laure told Binay that PS-DBM procure common supplies based on the Annual Procurement Plan-Common Use Supplies and Equipment (APP-CSE) submitted to them by all the government agencies nationwide. Binay asked Laure to submit to the committee a list of PS-DBM’s inventories, particularly on face mask and other medical supplies. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)