Press Release
PPP Center
May 2, 2013

The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) decided to discontinue the recent bidding process for the Angat Hydro Electric Power Plant (AHEPP) when only one bidder was able to satisfy the project’s pre-qualification requirements.

In a resolution by the Prequalification Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC) of AHEPP dated April 22, only one bidder met the technical requirements of the project. Another bidder was not able to comply with the technical component requirements specified in the ITPB, while the last bidder was late in its submission of the PQ documents. This prompted MWSS’ Bids and Awards Committee to discontinue the pre-qualification process and restart the bidding for the AHEPP project. Bidders submitted their pre-qualification documents last March 4.

MWSS has tentatively targeted the first week of June as the new date to issue its invitation to pre-qualify and bid for the project.

“While the BOT Law allows the bidding to proceed with only one bidder, the MWSS PBAC decided to discontinue the process and restart the bidding,” explains PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao.

During the prequalification period, there were 13 bidders who expressed interest in the AHEPP project. These are Aguirre Abano Panfilo Pares Pineda and Agustin Law Office, DMCI Power Corp. EEI Corporation, First Gen Energy Philippines, Kaltimex Energy Philippines, K-Water Resources Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Meralco Power Generation, SN Aboitiz Power, Sta. Clara Power, Sunway Waters and Electric Co., Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. and FAM Energy Consortium.

The rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of the MWSS-owned auxiliary turbines 4 and 5 will cost the private proponent $27.5 million or 1.15 Billion pesos. Located within the MWSS compound in San Lorenzo in Norzagaray, Bulacan, the project will include the renovation and modernization of the turbines 4 and 5, the construct of a separate control room; as well a new switchyard and transformer area. The winning bidder will also undertake the operation and maintenance of the modernized Auxilliary Turbines #4 and #5.

Under the rehabilitate-operate and maintain scheme of the Build-Operate and Transfer Law, the cooperation period between the MWSS and the winning bidder is for 20 years including the construction period.

The AHEPP is one of the projects that received funding from Project Development and Monitoring Fund managed by the PPP Center for the development of its feasibility study.