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Guv orders decision on bulk water bid evaluation by end of May

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has ordered that a decision on whether to award or decline the lone bid for the Negros Occidental Bulk Water Supply Project (NBWSP) be made by the end of May.

A consortium composed of First Balfour Inc., Victorias Milling Co. and FPIP Utilities Inc. was the lone bidder for the P1.2 billion NBWSP. The bid is currently undergoing post qualification evaluation.

“The technical and financial post qualification evaluation is very tedious because we don’t want to overlook something important that could cause a problem later on”, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Thursday, Jan. 30.

He said the governor has issued an executive order directing the completion of the post qualification evaluation by the end of May.

If the bid is not accepted the provincial government could help finance small and medium scale water supply projects of local government units, he said.

They could use the P200M equity earmarked by the provincial government for the bulk water project, he said.

The NBWSP involves the financing, engineering design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a bulk water supply system to be sourced from the Imbang River and/or Malogo River.

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

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