NATIONAL TEXTBOOK DELIVERY PROGRAM (Textbook Count) Libro ko, Kinabukasan ko

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NATIONAL TEXTBOOK DELIVERY PROGRAM (Textbook
Count)Libro ko, Kinabukasan ko

• Juan Miguel Luz
• Undersecretary, Department of Education
• Associate Professor, Asian Institute of
  Management
• (on-leave)

Combating Corruption Conference (Coalition
Against Corruption) Manila, Philippines September
21, 2004
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• THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT Textbook Count

2003
2004
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TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT (DepED) in 2003 BASIC FACTS
ABOUT THE SEMP2/TEEP TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT gt
37 million textbooks and teachers
manuals gt P1.3 Billion gt Six (6)
publisher groups given awards

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TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT (DepED) in 2003 BASIC FACTS
ABOUT THE SEMP2/TEEP TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT gt
5623 delivery sites nationwide Zone 1
(North of MM) 500 districts 887 HS Zone
2 (MM, So. Luzon) - 491 districts 1164 HS
Zone 3 (Visayas) - 552 districts 849 HS
Zone 4 (Mindanao) 538 districts 642 HS gt In
fact, over 30,000 separate deliveries
nationwide

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CASE TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT (DepED)
Problems of corruption from past experience
gt Over-pricing gt Unqualified bidders
winning bids ? problems with lack of financial
capacity ? long delays in
delivering textbooks gt Under-deliveries
or short deliveries per site
gt Substandard quality of textbook printing,
binding, packaging

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• FOUR TESTS TO ENSURE PROCUREMENT IS
  CORRUPTION-FREE
• (1) FAIRNESS
• Is the bidding open to all, competitive and
  with no
• bias for particular parties?
• (2) VALUE
• Are the textbooks adequately priced? Do
  textbooks
• reflect value-for-money? Are the winning
  bids
• responsive to the needs of the education
  sector?

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• FOUR TESTS TO ENSURE PROCUREMENT IS
  CORRUPTION-FREE
• (3) QUALITY
• Are the textbooks up to the quality
  standards and
• specifications of the Department?
• (4) INTEGRITY
• Are the deliveries in the right quantities
  as per
• contracts? Are the textbooks in the
  classroom?

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CASE 2003 TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT (DepED) The
good news gt From bid opening November 13,
2002 gt To awarding January 2003 gt To
contracting March 2003 (Average P41/book) gt To
complete deliveries end-November 2003 ALL
WITHIN 12 MONTHS! First time ever in DepED
history (versus previous average of 20-24
months)

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CASE 2003 TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT
(DepED)

Year Item 1998-99 2000 2002 2003
Bid opening 11/2002 11/2003
Delivery period 24 months 20 months July Nov. 2003 July Nov. 2004
Total of books 33.5 M 37.0 M 13.6 M
Value P 1,252.2M P 1,300 M P 660.2M
Ave. Price (simple) P 90.00 P 37.38 P 35.14 P 48.54
Remarks See Yvonne Chua, PCIJ 60 GSM 70 GSM Includes Lesson Guides
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CASE 2003 TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT
(DepED)

Year Item 1998-99 2000 2002 2003
Bid opening Various 11/2000 11/2002 11/2003
Delivery period 24 months 20 months July Nov. 2003 July Nov. 2004
Total of books 33.5 M 37.0 M 13.6 M
Value P 1,252.2M P 1,300 M P 660.2M
Ave. Price (simple) P 90.00 P 37.38 P 35.14 P 48.54
Remarks See Yvonne Chua, PCIJ 60 GSM 70 GSM Includes Lesson Guides
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CASE 2003 TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT
(DepED)

Year Item 1998-99 2000 2002 2003
Bid opening Various 11/2000 11/2002 11/2003
Bid to Final Delivery 24 months 20 months 12 months 12 months
Total of books 33.5 M 37.0 M 13.6 M
Value P 1,252.2M P 1,300 M P 660.2M
Ave. Price (simple) P 90.00 P 37.38 P 35.14 P 48.54
Remarks See Yvonne Chua, PCIJ 60 GSM 70 GSM Includes Lesson Guides
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CASE 2003 TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT
(DepED)

Year Item 1998-99 2000 2002 2003
Bid opening Various 11/2000 11/2002 11/2003
Delivery period 24 months 20 months July Nov. 2003 July Nov. 2004
Total of books 33.5 M 37.0 M 13.6 M
Value P 1,252.2M P 1,300 M P 660.2M
Ave. Price (simple) P 90.00 P 37.38 P 35.14 P 48.54
Remarks See Yvonne Chua, PCIJ 60 GSM 70 GSM Includes Lesson Guides
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• HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE? NECESSARY STEPS
• 1. TRANSPARENT BIDDING PROCESS (publicly-viewed,
  taped, third party NGO observers
• 2. Two-level, mutually exclusive, technical
  evaluation process (financial and content
  evaluation)
• 3. Planned and surprise plant visits to check on
  quality (with CSO/NGO partners)
• 4. COMMON DELIVERY SCHEDULE ? inspection at
  time of
• delivery (The DepED, as client, set the
  delivery terms not the publisher-suppliers ?
  ALLOWED FOR A SCHEDULE OF INSPECTIONS BY
  VOLUNTEERS)

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HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE? NECESSARY STEPS 5. MOST
IMPORTANT Third party inspectors ? Textbook
Count (NGOs, CSOs signed on to monitor and
inspect deliveries) 6. Plus, FULL INFORMATION
Sent individual letters (5500) to principals
and district supervisors informing them in detail
of textbook deliveries to their schools or
districts. 7. Published school-by-school
delivery schedules in local papers (with actual
textbook numbers and range of delivery
dates). 8. Radio ads to announce textbook
deliveries to the general public.

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OUR TEXTBOOK COUNT 1 PARTNERS NATIONAL
COORDINATOR Government Watch (G-Watch,
Ateneo School of Government) NATIONAL AND LOCAL
PARTNERS NAMFREL Procurement Watch,
Inc. CODE-NGO The Asia Foundation NASSA
Konsensyang Pilipino DBM National Book
Development Board Transparency and
Accountability Network (TAN) Philippine
Governance Forum Government Procurement Policy
Board

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WATCHING PAYS OFF Summary of Findings on
Deficient Deliveries by Elementary School
District (Quantity) Zone Districts with
Deficiencies Remarks 3 552
78 14.13 Region VIII (74) 4
538 30 5.58 Region XII (10)
1 500 8 1.60
2 491 15
3.05 NCR (12) Pasig- San
Juan (4/4) TOTAL 2,081 125
6.00

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WATCHING PAYS OFF Summary of Findings on
Deficient Deliveries by Elementary School
District (Quantity) Zone Districts with
Deficiencies Remarks 3 552
78 14.13 Region VIII (74) 4
538 30 5.58 Region XII (10)
1 500 8 1.60
2 491 15
3.05 NCR (12) Pasig- San
Juan (4/4) TOTAL 2,081 125
6.00

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WATCHING PAYS OFF Summary of Findings on
Deficient Deliveries by High School
(Quantity) Zone HS with Deficiencies
Remarks 3 849 61 7.18
Region VII (52) 4 642 14
2.18 Zambo Norte (7) Region XIII (5)
1 887 2 0.23 Region III
2 1,164 7 0.60 Region V
(3) TOTAL 3,542 84
2.37

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WATCHING PAYS OFF Summary of Findings on
Deficient Deliveries by High School
(Quantity) Zone HS with Deficiencies
Remarks 3 849 61 7.18
Region VII (52) 4 642 14
2.18 Zambo Norte (7) Region XIII (5)
1 887 2 0.23 Region III
2 1,164 7 0.60 Region V
(3) TOTAL 3,542 84
2.37

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HOW DO WE INSTITUTIONALIZE REFORMS?
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HOW DO WE INSTITUTIONALIZE REFORMS? DEFINITION
OF GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE Competition
Accountability - Discretion
Source Robert
Klitgaard
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HOW DO WE INSTITUTIONALIZE REFORMS? DEFINITION
OF GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE Competition
Accountability - Discretion DEFINITION OF
CORRUPTION CORRUPTION Monopoly
Discretion - Accountability
Source Robert Klitgaard

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KEYS TO GOVERNANCE IN PROCUREMENT gt COMPETITION
? Open, transparent bidding and awarding
processes

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KEYS TO GOVERNANCE IN PROCUREMENT gt COMPETITION
? Open, transparent bidding and awarding
processes gt Plus, ACCOUNTABILITY ? Stakeholder
participation

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KEYS TO GOVERNANCE IN PROCUREMENT gt COMPETITION
? Open, transparent processes gt Plus,
ACCOUNTABILITY ? Stakeholder participation gt
Minus, DISCRETION ? Systems and
processes (rather than individuals having a
monopoly over decision-making)

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AN INVITATIONJOIN US FOR Textbook Count 2
(2004) gt 13.6 million textbooks and teachers
manuals (addition of lesson guides in
Math, HS Science, English) gt
P660 Million gt Over 35,000 nationwide
deliveries gt July through November
2004
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• JOIN US FOR Textbook Count 2 in 2004
• gt 7,651 delivery sites nationwide
• Zone 1 (North of MM) 512 districts 1,691 HS
• July 26 Aug. 20, 2004 (Aug. 23 Sept. 10)
• Zone 2 (MM, So. Luzon) - 526 districts 1,484
  HS
• August 23 - September 17, 2004
• Zone 3 (Visayas) - 563 districts 1,383 HS
• September 20 October 15, 2004
• Zone 4 (Mindanao) 551 districts 1,341 HS
• October 18 - November 19, 2004

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OUR TEXTBOOK COUNT 2 PARTNERS NATIONAL
COORDINATOR Government Watch (G-Watch,
Ateneo School of Government) NATIONAL AND LOCAL
PARTNERS NAMFREL Procurement Watch, Inc.
CODE-NGO The Asia Fdn Konsensyang Pilipino
TAN ACT Phils. Inc. National Book Dev Board
Girls Scouts of Philippines CAPRI E-Net Boy
Scouts of Philippines CCAGG Kapatiran-Kaunlaran
Fdn Alliance of Volunteer Educ. Social Watch
Vis Naga City Peoples Council Government
Procurement Policy Board Assoc of Ministers and
Ministries in Nueva Ecija Negros Center for
People Empowerment and Rural Development Ten
Outstanding Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Association

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Be a part of Good Governance at DepED! To join
Textbook Count, CONTACT Government Watch
(899-4590) Department of Education
(634-1072) Or text DETxt 0919-456-0027
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NATIONAL TEXTBOOK DELIVERY PROGRAM (Textbook
Count)Libro ko, Kinabukasan ko

• Juan Miguel Luz
• Undersecretary, Department of Education
• Associate Professor, Asian Institute of
  Management
• (on-leave)

Combating Corruption Conference (Coalition
Against Corruption) Manila, Philippines September
21, 2004