Public-Private Partnership Center

Press Release 30 July 2013 So far 11 firms have expressed interest in the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) project, purchasing the pre-qualification documents for prospective bidders after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) issued out its invitation to prequalify and bid last July 22, 2013. As of July 26, the interested firms include San... continue reading

Press Release 10 July 2013 The country’s first PPP project being implemented by a Local Government is up for bid. The local government of Talisay City in Negros Occidental placed on the bidding block the Talisay City Plaza Complex Heritage Restoration and Development Project worth 198 Million pesos. The project is expected to provide additional... continue reading

Press Release 09 July 2013     For its focused approach and faster pace in achieving significant progress in its infrastructure development agenda through private sector participation, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and the East Asia (ERIA) showcased the achievements of the Philippine Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Program during its capacity building seminars on PPP... continue reading

Press Release 08 July 2013 Pre-qualified bidders of the Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) attend the second round of pre-bid conference held by the Department of Transportation and Communications and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) the project’s implementing agency. The AFCS will be implemented under the country’s public-private partnership program.     Representatives from... continue reading

Press Release 26 June 2013   A delegation from the Indonesian Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), headed by Dir. Tuti Riyati of the Planning and Enhancing Development Funding, visited the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines on June 25, 2013. Currently in the process of reviewing its approach to PPP project development, including the structure of... continue reading

PPP is NOT Privatization By Atty. Sherry Ann N. Austria* Protests against the so-called privatization of state-owned assets, particularly government hospitals, are heating up with a wrong notion that privatization is the same as that of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Public infrastructure delivery services are traditionally within the domain of the government. Since the government is... continue reading

PHOTO RELEASE 21 June 2013   The Department of Health’s (DOH) Pre-qualification Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC) for the Modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (MPOC) Project, headed by Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa, opened the technical bid of the lone qualifying bidder Megawide World Citi Consortium and declared it complete last 18 June 2013. DOH’s Technical... continue reading

Press Release 11 June 2013   The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is set to conduct a Pre-bid Conference for the Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) Project today, 11 June 2013, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the DOTC Office in Mandaluyong City. Last 8 May 2013, DOTC announced that it had pre-qualified... continue reading

Photo Release 07 June 2013 San Miguel Corporation, winning bidder of the NAIA Expressway Toll Road Project paid the upfront cash of Php11 Billion yesterday to the Department of Public Works and Highways.  The amount paid is on top to the construction cost of the PPP project worth Php 15.5 billion. Under the Build-Transfer Operate... continue reading

Photo Release 07 June 2013 Megawide World Citi Consortium emerged as the lone bidder for the country’s first health project under the Public-Private partnership scheme— the Modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (MPOC). Project Bids and Awards Committee Chair Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa checked the submitted documents and declared the submission as complete. DOH’s Technical Working... continue reading