THE GOVERNMENT will only allow a maximum of one rebidding in the procurement process, and will shorten the bidding period in public-private partnership (PPP) projects, to reduce delays in the administration’s infrastructure buildup, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
THE GOVERNMENT has started to invite parties to bid for the P12.55-billion Clark International Airport Terminal, the first project to fall under the government’s hybrid public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.
SOME Chinese companies are “interested” in public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Philippines particularly in building “integrated” cities and developing regional prison facilities here.
THE GOVERNMENT is still open to “any privatization” option for the Sasa Port redevelopment after the project is withdrawn from the list of public-private partnership (PPP) projects approved by the previous administration’s National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board.
THE PLANNED P74.56-billion Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Development Project, a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative, is on hold for now as Transportation authorities consolidate proposals in order to make airport decongestion efforts more coherent.
CERTAIN infrastructure projects will not be funded as public-private partnerships (PPP) in order to fast-track their completion and save on costs, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said.
THE PHILIPPINE Ports Authority (PPA) is withdrawing the Davao Sasa Port redevelopment from the list of public-private partnership (PPP) projects approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board to pave the way for possibly funding it internally at a greatly reduced cost.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnership (PPP) projects already approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board will not be affected by the “hybrid” PPP project procurement process the government wants to pursue.
THE GOVERNMENT should work towards awarding at least 10 more public-private partnership (PPP) projects this year for the economy to even hit the low end of growth targets, an economist said, with that level also expected to help plug the gaps in required infrastructure.
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice’s (DoJ) procurement body has moved to March 7 the submission of bids for the P50.2-billion prison facility to be built via public-private partnership (PPP).