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INVITATION FOR COMPARATIVE PROPOSALS
FOR THE BORACAY BRIDGE PROJECT
The Department of Public Works and Highways (“DPWH”) has received an unsolicited
proposal from San Miguel Holdings Corporation (the “Original Proponent”) for the
Boracay Bridge Project (“Project”) and was approved following the provisions of the
Republic Act No. 11966 or the Public-Private Partnership Code of the Philippines (“PPP
Code”) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The unsolicited proposal is to
finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the Boracay Bridge Project connecting
Boracay Island and the main island of Panay (Malay, Aklan).
The Project involves the construction of an approximate 2.54-kilometer limited-access
bridge system including an access road infrastructure with facility hubs on both islands,
providing commercial spaces for lease and parking areas for service and operation of public
transport vehicles and cargo/delivery vehicles between Boracay Island and Caticlan, Malay.
The Project is expected to:
• Open-up a new all-weather access for vehicles and pedestrians, thereby, encouraging
people to consider alternative accommodations and activity centers at the mainland;
• Manage environmental carrying capacity of the Boracay Island; and
• Free-up Boracay Island from overcrowding and overuse of existing facilities, which
ultimately produce adverse environmental impact.
The DPWH invites local and international companies to submit comparative proposals
under a Comparative Bidding Process to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain
the Project under a 30-year concession period from the start of operations.
The comparative bidding for the Project will be conducted in accordance with the
procurement rules and procedures applicable for unsolicited proposals set out in
Republic Act No. 11966, An Act Providing for the Public-Private Partnership Code
of the Philippines (“PPP Code”), and its Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR).
A Single-Stage Bidding for this Project shall be conducted pursuant to the approved
Parameters, Terms, and Conditions (PTCs) and as allowed in the provisions of the PPP
Code and its IRR.
In the event that a comparative proponent submits a financial proposal better than that
submitted by the Original Proponent, the latter shall have the “right-to-match” such price
proposal within thirty (30) calendar days in accordance with the Instruction to Comparative
Challengers and Section 98 of the PPP Code IRR.
Instructions to Comparative Proponents and other relevant qualification and tender
documents will be available starting February 20, 2025, 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the
office of the Pre-qualification, Bids and Awards Committee (“PBAC”) Secretary, 3
rd Floor,
2
DPWH Central Office Building, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Service Office,
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, with telephone numbers: (02) 5304-3148
to 49. It is emphasized that the said documents shall be provided only to the authorized
representative of the Comparative Proponent and/or company.
Without prejudice to the submission of all documentary and other requirements,
prospective comparative proponents must accomplish the required forms and pay a nonrefundable fee of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PHP 500,000.00), payable in
cashier’s/manager’s check issued by a commercial or universal bank and payable to the
order of Department of Public Works and Highways (“DPWH”).
Prospective challengers shall be given a period of two hundred forty (240) calendar days,
from the first day of issuance of comparative challenge documents to submit comparative
proposals. Comparative Proposals should be submitted on or before 4:00 P.M. on
October 18, 2025 at the 3rd Floor, PPP Service Office, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio
Drive, Port Area, Manila, Philippines, unless otherwise advised.
The DPWH reserves the right to reject any or all comparative proposals, modify the tender
or bidding documents or any aspect thereof anytime, waive any minor defects therein,
declare a failure of bidding, - and not award the contract for any justifiable and reasonable
ground where an award will not benefit the DPWH or the Government of the Philippines,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected proponent(s) or bidder(s).
For further instructions and clarifications on how to participate in the Project, interested
parties may coordinate with the PBAC Chairperson and copy furnish the PBAC Secretary
through:
ADOR G. CANLAS
Undersecretary for Technical Services and Information Management Service
Chairperson, PBAC for PPP Projects
Address: 2
nd Floor, Office of Undersecretary for Technical Services and Information
Management Service, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila,
Philippines
Email: canlas.ador@dpwh.gov.ph
THE PBAC SECRETARIAT
Address: 3
rd Floor, PPP Service Office, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area,
Manila, Philippines
Tel. No.: (02) 5304-3148 to 49 / (02) 5304-3490
Email: pbac-secretariat-pppservice@dpwh.gov.ph
Website: www.dpwh.gov.ph
(sgd)
ADOR G. CANLAS
Undersecretary for Technical Services and Information Management Service
Chairperson, PBAC for PPP Projects
S.O. 17 series of 2025
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