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Capitol still accepting bidders for bulk water project

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

The provincial government of Negros Occidental announced yesterday that it will accommodate additional prospective bidders for its P1.2 billion Bulk Water Project, after extending the bid submission deadline for the project to October 28.

The decision was reached after careful consideration by the PGNO’s PPP Pre-qualification, Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC), which deemed it in the best interest of the project to affect the extension requested by bidders.

With the extension, bidders will have more time to provide feedback on key aspects of the bidding process, which will serve as valuable inputs to the PBAC in further refining the Project’s Bidding Documents and parameters, said a statement from the provincial government.

This feedback mechanism is part of the bidding process for solicited PPP projects such as the Negros Occidental Bulk Water Supply Project (NBWSP), it added.

Interested parties may purchase access to the bidding documents and the right to participate in the bidding for the project until the bid submission date, with purchase instructions found in the invitation to bid accessible at the link: https://ppp.gov.ph/…/2023/12/NBWSP_Invitation-to-Bid.pdf while an Information Memorandum and key project details are available here — https://ppp.gov.ph/…/negros-occidental-bulk-water…/

Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Alberto Nellas Jr. disclosed earlier that the provincial government granted the request of the majority of bidders to extend the bidding, which was supposed to be held in June this year, as they needed more time to come up with the right proposals for the project.

The NBWSP, involves the financing, engineering design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a bulk water supply system with a minimum capacity of 34.5 million liters/day (MLD), to be sourced from the Imbang River and/or Malogo Rivers.

It is expected to supply treated bulk water to six water service providers in the Negros Occidental in the cities of Bacolod, Silay, Talisay, and Victorias, and the municipalities of Manapla and EB Magalona.

The project shall be implemented through a joint venture agreement (JVA) with the provincial government for a period of 38 years, inclusive of the construction period.

The municipalities of Manapla and E.B. Magalona, cities of Victorias, Talisay and the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, have already issued a RONO (Resolution of No Objection) to the Capitol Bulk Water Project.

As of this time, only Silay City has not issued a RONO, as some of the local officials oppose the project.

The Negros Occidental provincial government said it remains committed to conduct a fair, transparent and competitive bidding process.*

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