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Published by Public-Private Partnership Center(PPPC) on May 9, 2019.
Requested from PPPC by D. Fordan at 02:55 PM on
May 9, 2019.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 05/09/2017 - 05/09/2019
Tracking no: #PPPC-705415851241
Hi! I would like to request data regarding the approved reasonable rates of return of PPPs.
May 14, 2019 Dear Daniel John, Thank you for your request dated May 09, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for PPP Rate of Return. We received your request on May 09, 2019 and will respond on or before May 30, 2019, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEVBQUEMtNzA1NDE1ODUxMjQxDA, for request with ticket number #PPPC-705415851241. Thank you. Respectfully, Records Manager FOI Officer
May 30, 2019 DANIEL JOHN FORDAN Avida Towers Centera, Tower 3, Mandaluyong Dear Mr. Fordan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 9, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for data regarding the approved Rates of Return of PPP projects. Response to your request Kindly note that an approved reasonable rate of return is only applicable to unsolicited projects following Section 10.8 of the Amended Build-Operate-Transfer Law and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. Based on the information we have in our database of PPP projects from 2010 - present, there have been only two (2) approved unsolicited projects, namely, the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road and the MRT 7 projects. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, PPP Center is bound to follow the guidance of DOJ Opinion No. 26 (2017) which prohibits the PPP Center from publishing or otherwise distributing PPP contracts and/or portions thereof without proper clearance from the project’s Implementing Agencies, in this case the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for the MRT 7 Project. In this regard, we are referring you to the following offices: Usec. Timothy John R. Batan Undersecretary for Railways Department of Transportation and Director Alex G. Bote Public-Private Partnership Service Department of Public Works and Highways You may also wish to contact Kriscia Mallari, DOTr FOI Receiving Officer or Dianna De Leon, DOTr FOI Decision Maker through the government FOI online portal: https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=DOTr, and Andro Santiago, DPWH FOI Receiving Officer through the government FOI online portal: https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=DPWH. 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 Maker