THE GOVERNMENT now has 230 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the pipeline valued at P2.86 trillion, including facilities for the Philippine Space Agency to conduct space launches and landings.
In a document released to reporters, the PPP Center said the P17.5-billion Philippine Spaceport solicited project will seek to leverage the Philippines’ location near the equator.
Out of the six new listings, five are national projects.
The second biggest new entry is the bundled project to upgrade the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City, the Southern Luzon International Airport in Legazpi City and Sayak Airport in Siargao.
The project estimated cost is P16.05 billion and its private partner is Philippine Regional Airports Consortium. The implementing agencies are the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the Davao International Airport Authority.
The P12.9-billion Francisco Bangoy and P856-million Sayak Airport projects were delisted and merged into a bundled offering.
Also added to the pipeline was the P9.7-billion Renewstable Green Hydrogen Power Plant in Marinduque, with HDF Energy Philippines as the private partner and National Power Corp. as the implementing agency.
The Municipal Government of Naawan in Misamis Oriental will lead the P260-million LUMINA Cluster Water Development Plan and Septage Management Program, with Total Water Solutions, Inc. as the private proponent.
The PPP Center also included two projects from the Department of Finance — the Cross-Border Electronic Invoicing (CBEI) System and the Fuel Marking Program.
The CBEI will be used by verified and registered foreign exporters to generate export invoices on a single electronic platform, the Bureau of Customs said.
Five projects were delisted, including the previously separate upgrades of Sayak and Francisco Bangoy airports.
Other delisted projects include the P1.56-billion unsolicited Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Emergency Response Center project and the P1.42-billion Traveler Information and Data Security System (eTRAVELPLUS) of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
The PPP Center also delisted the upgrading and improvement of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex of the Philippine Ports Authority and the P160-million operation and maintenance contract for the Palayan City Hospital in Nueva Ecija were removed from the pipeline.
The hospital project was delisted following its award and is now on the PPPC database as a project under implementation. — Aubrey Rose A. Inosante
