Section 6
SEC. 6. Authority to Parent-Teacher Associations and Civic Organizations to Undertake Work on School Building and Community Improvement Projects.—Any school building project and any community improvement project not requiring complicated, technical methods of construction or is not national in scope, such as Park, Playground, Plaza, Public Midden Shed, Civic Center building, and the like authorized in this Act shall be constructed by contract through public bidding in accordance with the usual contract procedures of the Bureau of Public Works in such cases, but if there are no bidders or if the project can be done at a reasonably lower cost than the lowest bid, such project shall be prosecuted by administration upon the approval of the highway district engineer without the necessity of securing the usual permit from the Office of the President through the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and the General Auditing Office: Provided, That in such case, preference shall be given in the matter of school buildings to Parent-Teacher Associations and in the matter of Community Improvement projects to duly registered Civic Organizations in the municipality, city or province, as the case may be, in the construction thereof on a negotiated contract basis with the, intervention of the Office of the Highway District Engineer only in an advisory capacity and to acquire, such data or information for the preparation of a cost-performance report thereon: Provided, further, That when any such project is apparently abandoned or unnecessarily delayed, the Highway District Engineer shall promptly take over said work upon notice, either by letter or by telegram, to the Head of the Bureau concerned: Provided, still further, That in communities where there is an adequate supply of local materials adaptable to the requirements of the project, the Parent-Teacher Association or Civic Organization concerned .may utilize such materials in the prosecution of work: Provided, still further, That regardless of fund limitations for the purpose of this section, the President of the Philippines may authorize any school building project to be undertaken by administration as an exception to pertinent provisions of the Revised Administrative Code as amended: Provided, finally, That where two or more civic organizations are willing to undertake the prosecution of any project covered by this section, the Highway District Engineer shall negotiate the contract with the organization offering the lowest quotation.