16 projects added to public-private partnership list

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 16 projects have been added to the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) list, with the total pipeline now covering 143 projects worth P3.095 trillion.

Data obtained by The STAR from the PPP Center showed that 16 projects were added to the pipeline, while seven were delisted as of July.

Of the 16 additional projects in the pipeline, seven are unsolicited proposals, including the P98.5 billion Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 rehabilitation, operations and maintenance project submitted by the consortium of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. to the Department of Transportation.

Other unsolicited proposals added to the PPP list are the P5.36 billion Special Products Automated Revenue Collection System Project submitted by FMS Research Solutions Inc. to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority Central System Project, and the establishment of the Hemodialysis Center at the Ospital ng Lungsod ng San Jose del Monte submitted to the city government of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.

Also part of the PPP pipeline are the unsolicited proposals submitted by QPAX Traffic Systems Inc., such as the Lipa City Digitalized Traffic Enforcement, Catbalogan City Digitalized Traffic Enforcement and Municipality of Pagsanjan Digitalized Traffic Enforcement.

Solicited projects added to the PPP list are the P5 billion repurposing of the existing Philippine National Oil Co. Port in Mabini, Batangas, to be an offshore wind integration port, UP (University of the Philippines) Diliman mixed-use complex project, as well as the projects of the local government of San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan such as a mixed-used commercial-medical hub, institutional-commercial complex, city college canteen or cafeteria concession, criminology firing range, Rising City Hotel, City of San Jose del Monte Crematorium and City Aquatic Sports Center.

Another project taken out of the PPP list is the Roxas, Isabela Public Market.

Given the tight fiscal space, the government is pushing for PPPs to develop infrastructure projects.