The BAC Secretariat shall provide administrative support to the BAC and the TWG, if necessary.

The BAC Secretariat shall organize and make all necessary arrangements for the BAC and TWG meetings, if necessary.

The BAC Secretariat shall attend BAC Meetings as Secretary.

The BAC Secretariat shall prepare Minutes of the BAC Meetings.

The BAC Secretariat shall take custody of procurement documents and be responsible for the sale and distribution of bidding documents to interested buyers.

The BAC Secretariat shall assist in managing the procurement process.

The BAC Secretariat shall monitor procurement activities and milestones for proper reporting to relevant agencies and/or end-users, when required.

The BAC Secretariat shall consolidate the PPMP’s submitted by the various Project Management Offices (PMOs) and end-user units of the Procuring Entity, to make them available for review as indicated in Sec 7 of the IRR-A.

The BAC Secretariat shall make arrangements for the pre-procurement and pre-bid conferences and bid openings.

The BAC Secretariat shall be the central channel of communications for the BAC with the end-users, PMOs, other units of the agency, other government agencies, providers of goods, civilk works and consulting services, and the general public.

The BAC Secretariat shall assist the BAC in preparing drafts of the resolution recommending award.

The BAC Secretariat shall give utmost priority to BAC assignments over all other duties and responsibilities, until the requirements for the procurement at hand are completed, and shall perform jury duty when so required.