DA Administrative Order No. 05, Series of 2019 institutionalizing the Participation of Farmer's and Fisherfolk's Organizations or Associations in the Procurement of Goods and Civil Works pertaining to the Needs of the Farmers and Fisherfolks.

This Administrative Order applies to the Central Office, Bureau, Regional Field Offices, and Attached Agencies under this Department in the procurement of Goods and Civil Works pertaining to the needs of the farmers and fisherfolks. The Department adopts a participatory process of project planning through farmer's and/or fisherfolk's participation with the following procedural requirements: The End-User/Implementing Unit shall identify project proposals in line with the procuring entity's strategic plan, key results areas, and major final outputs that will be procured with the participation of target farmer and/or fisherfolk beneficiary(ies); The End-User/Implementing Unit shall prepare the objectives, requirements, estimated budget, outputs and target farmer and/or fisherfolk beneficiary(ies) of the selected project; The proposed projects that were found to be acceptable by the target farmer and/or fisherfolk beneficiary(ies) shall be included in the end user unit's PPMP and the procuring entity's approved APP. Accordingly, the End-User Implementing Unit concerned shall conduct the said consultation meeting or discussion with the target farmer and/or fisherfolk beneficiary(ies) for purposes of drawing up the farmer's and fisherfolk's needs related to Specifications, Scope of Work, and/or Terms of Reference of the proposed bidding project.