Suggestion of a World Bank Consultant
The city government is studying the suggestion of a World Bank consultant to carry out the proposed sanitary landfill project in Barangay Salaan under a design-build and operate scheme.
Mayor Celso Lobregat said the suggestion was brought out by Christopher Ancheta, a World Bank consultant, during the meeting last Monday of the City Solid Waste Management Board in City Hall.
Lobregat said “Mr. Ancheta was saying that if we follow the normal process, the SLF (Sanitary Landfill) project will take a lot of time because we don’t have the capability to do the design.
“Therefore, we have to bid out first the design and then bid out the implementation of the design.”
He added “there will be finger-pointing between the designer and the implementer of the SLF project.”
“So, the best thing is to come up with the design, build and perhaps operate scheme,” Lobregat further added.
He stressed the design, build and operate scheme is now what the OCENR and the Bids, Awards Committee are studying, “but first we have to set the parameters.”
However, he clarified that the operation aspect of the project is something that has to be discussed because the city government can in fact operate once the project is implemented.
He said the city government has already bought over three hectares of property in Barangay Salaan for the proposed SLF project, and the next step is the bidding process to implement.
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