PRESS RELEASE
05 November 2014
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) draws eight interested bidders for its P18.72 Billion New Centennial Water Source (NCWS)- Kaliwa Dam project under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Program.
Prospective bidders that bought prequalification documents for the project include Prime Metroline Holdings Inc., San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group, Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A., Abengoa Abeinsa Business Development, DM Consunji Inc., San Miguel Holdings Corp., Filinvest Development Corporation, and Megawide Construction Corporation.
The NCWS project involves the financing, design, and construction of an additional raw water supply source with a design capacity of 600 MLD, through the commissioning of the Kaliwa Dam, including intake facilities and other pertinent facilities. Also part of the project is a water conveyance system with a design capacity of 2,400 MLD, in anticipation of additional inflows from Laiban Dam which is upstream of the Kaliwa Dam.
The private partner will be responsible for the financing, detailed design and construction of the Kaliwa Dam, the intake facilities, other pertinent facilities and a water conveyance tunnel.
Bidding will be conducted through a build-and-transfer scheme with lowest fixed annual amortization over 25 years as bidding parameter. The project would be procured through a competitive public bidding in accordance with Republic Act No. 7718 also known as the Revised Build-Operate-and-Transfer (BOT) law.
Interested groups have until November 17 to submit their prequalification documents. Once prospective bidders are pre-qualified, MWSS will invite them to submit their technical and financial bids.
The NCWS Project aims to increase Metro Manila’s raw water supply to meet future potable water demand and serve as another water source aside from the Angat Dam Reservoir.
