Public-Private Partnership Center(PPPC)

June 25, 2020 ISHMAEL SAM D. CANUA Blk 11 Unit 14 18C Rowhouse Pilot Area, Commonwealth, Quezon City Dear Mr. Canua, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated June 04, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information (FOI) in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked: “to know the guidelines on managing solicited and unsolicited proposals and it's procedures as approved by IATF during this pandemic and still mandated under BOT law. Also, if the procedure of submitting a proposal whether is a solicited or unsolicited, through online? If the negotiation process is still on video conference, will there be an online procurement process during the Swiss Challenge with video conferencing?” Response to your request Your FOI request is approved. We answer your request as follows: 1. The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center acknowledges that the Inter-agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) released several resolutions for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are not aware of any IATF-EID guidelines on the management of PPPs during the pandemic. Hence, the procedures for both Solicited Projects and Unsolicited Proposals under Republic Act (RA) No. 6957, as amended by RA No. 7718, or the Build-Operate-and-Transfer (BOT) Law, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), are still applicable. 2. As discussed above, the procedures are laid down under the BOT Law and its IRR. Furthermore, the Pre-qualifications, Bids, and Awards Committee (PBAC) of the concerned Implementing Agency is required to issue the instructions on the process of bid submissions for ongoing PPP tenders, including bid bulletins for any changes thereto. We suggest direct coordination with the concerned Implementing Agency on their preferred mode of receipt of the submission. 3. Similar to item 2 above, we suggest direct coordination with the concerned Implementing Agency for the instructions during the Swiss Challenge. 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 Executive Director. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) working days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review, and inform you the result within thirty (30) working days from the date of receipt of your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you have the right to appeal to the Office of the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). And thereafter, pursuant to Administrative Order (AO) No. 22 (s. 2011), you may appeal to the Office of the President. Thank you. Respectfully, ELEAZAR E. RICOTE FOI Decision Maker