Public-Private Partnership Center(PPPC)

December 13, 2023 DANIELLA GAUPO Dear Ms. Gaupo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated December 5, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for the following information for the Bulacan, Wawa and Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Project: 1. Initial information released to prospective bidders; 2. Government’s feasibility studies about the projects; and 3. Any information about the financing plan and capital structure of the projects (e.g total project costs, facility amount, lender, interest rate structure, etc.) Response to your request Your request is approved. For Item No. 1 – Bidding information on both projects is available on the PPP Center website. Links for each project are as follows: 1. Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project: https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/bulacan-bulkwater-supply-project/?wppa-occur=1&lang=en&wppa-cover=0&wppaalbum=99.87.78.64&wppa-photo=1334 2. Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Project: https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/joint-ventureproject-on-bulk-water-supply-jv1/ 3. Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project: https://mwss.gov.ph/projects/wawa-bulk-watersupply-project/ For Item No. 2 – We refer you the the Impelementing Agency (IA) as they are the owners of the requested document. You may contact the following: 1. Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project and Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project Implementing Agency: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) 4th Floor, Administration Building, MWSS Complex, 489 Katipunan Avenue Balara, Quezon City Telephone number: (02) 8920-5521 Email address: [email protected] 2. Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Project Implementing Agency: Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City Mobile Number: 0999-857-7981 Email address: [email protected] For Item No. 3 – PPP Center can only provide information on the estimated project cost (included in the project links from the PPP website). Further financing information must be requested from the IAs. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Office of the Executive Director. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 working days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 working days from the date we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority and thereafter, to the Office of the President pursuant to Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, ELEAZAR E. RICOTE FOI Decision Make