DOCUMENTS

CONTRACTUAL
A. MOA
B. UNDERTAKING
C. COMMITMENT

PARAMETERS
1. Capacity
- May the lgu enter into a contract?
- Refer to the lgc
2. Threshold of authority
- Is there an authority of the mayor to sign
- General threshold authority
3. Compliance
a. Substance
- Provisions of the law must be incorporated in the contract
- If it is procurement, provisions on liquidated damages must be provided
- All vital provisions of the law must be complied with, must be provided in the
contract.
Read
i.
Government accounting and auditing manual
ii.
Ra 9184
iii.
Administrative code
iv.
Lgc
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b. Procedure
Must comply with the procedural requirement

c. Form
a. All contracts must be notarized
b. All must have dates
All conveyances must have an acceptance
If reconstructing a contract, all antecedent documents must be reconstructed

LEGAL MANDATE LGC

ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION- SANGUNIAN, LGC

DISBURSEMENT
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Whether or not the lgu may be allowed to spend money for this kind of
transaction?
Where to get the funds
If absent in the bdm guidelines, consider the nature of the transaction
expenditure
Always refer to the:
a. General appropriations act
b. Guidelines by the BDM