Bidding of 3 flagship projects set on Feb. 27

THE Bacolod City Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) will hold the bidding on Wednesday, February 27, for the three of its four priority projects to be funded by the P1.7 billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), the city official said on Tuesday, February 26.

Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said the bidding will be held at BAC Secretariat Office.

The three flagship projects include the development of Progreso Village Relocation Site worth P350 million; Bacolod City College site development and facilities, P350 million; and construction of roads and bridges, P200 million.

The fourth is the development of Bacolod MassKara Coliseum worth P800 million.

City Assessor Maphilindo Polvora, chairman of the BAC, earlier said they already conducted the pre-bid conference for the three projects.

Some prospective bidders already purchased the bid documents at the BAC office.

Polvora said the bid should be responsive and calculated in accordance with the plan of the end-user.

There's no schedule yet of bidding for the Bacolod MassKara Coliseum.

In January, a civil complaint involving the P1.7 billion loan, which will fund the city’s four flagship projects, was filed against Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran; Councilors Caesar Distrito, Cindy Rojas, Renecito Novero, Em Ang, Elmer Sy, Ana Marie Palermo, Dindo Ramos, Bartolome Orola, Sonya Verdeflor, Lady Gles Gonzales-Pallen, and Ayesha Joy Villaflor; City Council Secretary Vicente Petierre III; City Treasurer Giovanni Balalilhe; City Budget Officer Maria Imelda Williams; City Accountant Corazon Cardel; and DBP Negros Occidental Lending Center head Bernardo Catillion Jr.

The complaint was filed by former vice mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, former councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, and businessman Antonio Wong for certiorari, prohibition, and annulment of contract with a prayer for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and/or preliminary mandatory injunction.