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Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he ordered to proceed with the awarding of contract to the lone bidder of the P2.8 billion job of “Technical and Conference Integrator” for the Philippine hosting of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 50th anniversary and ignore complaints about alleged irregularities in the bidding.

Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he ordered his office to award the P2.8 billion contract for the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conferences in the Philippines to the lone bidder, despite complaints about alleged irregularities in the bidding. In a press briefing in Malacanang Tuesday, Diokno insisted that the government complied with

When the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, a company excluded from the bidding said.

The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said.