(5) Recommend award of the Contract SEC. 9. Composition of the BAC. – The BAC shall be composed of five (5) members, three (3) of whom shall be regular members and the two (2) shall be provisional members. The Chairperson shall be at least a 3rd ranking official of the Agency and the members shall be at least a 5th ranking permanent personnel. (1) Regular Members: The regular members shall be composed of: Chairperson 1st Member 2nd Member – who shall serve for three (3) years – who shall serve for two (2) years – who shall serve for one (1) year Thereafter, all regular members shall serve for a fixed term of three (3) years. Technical, financial and legal areas of the agency shall each be represented in the fixed term/regular members. In case of resignation, retirement, separation, transfer, suspension, leave of at least six (6) months, the replacement shall serve only for the unexpired term. One of the regular members may be designated as Vice-Chairperson. (2) Provisional Members: The two (2) provisional members shall be technical members from the project enduser/Project Management Office (3) Observers: Aside from the five (5) members of the BAC, there shall be two (2) observers from relevant sectors with no direct or indirect interest in the contact to be bid, who shall sit and monitor in the proceedings. The observers shall sit as non-voting members of the BAC. SEC. 10. BAC Secretariat. – There shall be created a BAC Secretariat who shall act as the main support unit of the BAC. The Head of the Secretariat in the regional offices shall be at least a 5th ranking official while in the bureaus and provincial offices he/she shall be at least a 3rd ranking official. The BAC Secretariat shall have the following functions: (1) Provide administrative support for the BAC; (2) Organize and make necessary arrangements for the BAC meetings; (3) Attend BAC meetings; (4) Prepare minutes of the BAC meetings; 217