Pursuant to Section II, Article V of Republic Act No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act which was enacted on 10 January 2003 and which took effect on 26 January 2003, and Section II, Rule V of the IRR-A of the Act which became effective on 8 October 2003, and in relation to the Department's Executive Order No. 309 dated 08 March 1996, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is hereby reconstituted to be composed of the following: