ONLY one private service provider expressed interest to haul Cebu City’s garbage in the next five months.
Ronald Malacora, who heads the bids and awards committee (BAC) of City Hall, said only Jomara Konstruckt Corporation (JKC) submitted their bid last Thursday during the opening of bid documents for the procurement of solid waste disposal service involving 109,141 tons of garbage.
Malacora did not disclose yet how much was the bid price submitted by JKC for their services, saying they will still have to undergo post-qualification review before BAC awards the contract to them.
For July to December this year, the City Government has a P136-million approved budget for garbage disposal services.
JKC used to haul the city’s wastes after the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill was closed.
In a related development, Kasambagan Barangay Captain Franklin Ong said Pasajero Motors Corp. (Pamocor), which is the City’s current garbage disposal service provider, said they will continue to dump trash at the private landfill in Aloguinsan.
Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. earlier found out that a cease-and-desist order was issued by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 against the facility in Aloguinsan.
Ong, who owns Pamocor, said that the management of the private landfill has been compliant with their contract.
“What we have is a third party contract with the operator of the landfill in Aloguinsan and they submitted their ECC (environmental compliance certificate), which is one of the requirements. As far as I am concerned, I’m fulfilling my contract to the City and the landfill has to fulfill also their contract to us,” he said.
Pamocor’s contract with the City for garbage disposal will end on June 30. (RVC)