Circular Letter No. 2026-12

FICIAL'c RELEASE 1 acWds D vMsion 7 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT GENERAL SOLANO STREET, SAN MIGUEL, MANILA CIRCULAR LETTER No.: 2026 - 12 Date: October 7, 2026 TO: ALL HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICES, THE CONGRESS, THE JUDICIARY, THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS, THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR - CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS, AND ALL OTHERS CONCERNED SUBJECT: GUIDELINES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT (DBM) SUBMISSION AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TOOL (DBM SUBMIT) 1.0 BACKGROUND The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) continuously undertakes measures to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of public expenditure management. Consistent with this mandate, the DBM developed the Submission and Budget Management Information Tool (SUBMIT) as the centralized, online platform for the electronic submission, management, and monitoring of budget execution- related requests and its supporting documents. 2.0 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES This Circular Letter is issued to institutionalize the use of the DBM SUBMIT to enable authorized personnel from different agencies and entities to electronically submit budget-execution related requests, upload supporting documents, and monitor the status and progress of their transactions through a unified and role-based online system. The platform standardizes submission and facilitates the routing of requests to the appropriate DBM office or processor. Page 1 of 8