Public-Private Partnership Center(PPPC)

June 22, 2023 ARABEL SOLIDUM Dear Ms. Solidum, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated June 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for the latest information and developments on the UPLB Agro-Industrial Park and Information Technology Park project. Response to your request Your FOI request is approved. The UPLB Agro-Industrial Park and Information Technology Park Project is a solicited PPP project undertaken by the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Its transaction advisory requirements, including feasibility study preparation and assistance until successful financial close of the project, are supported through the Project Development Monitoring Facility managed by the PPP Center. As of to date, the Project is still in the final stages of completing the Feasibility study stage with the Implementing Agency currently preparing all requirements for submission of the Project to the Approving Bodies. Once the Project has been approved by the Approving Bodies, the project will formally launch for competitive selection. To keep track of the Project's status, you may refer to our website through this link: https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/up-losbanos-agro-industrial-information-and-technology-parks/. Your right to request 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