BAGUIO CITY --
Preliminary talks between negotiation teams of the city government and SM
Primeholdings for crafting of terms of reference of the proposed development of
the city public market started anew with timetable set and activities for said
purpose.
City Administrator Bonifacio dela Peña said from Jan. 6 to 31, 2021, both negotiation teams comprising financial and technical committee will be meeting separately to discuss their own timeframe, matrix of terms and agreed conditions to be presented during meeting of all members of negotiation teams on Feb. 2.
He said between Feb. 8-12, initially agreed terms will be presented to Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong for approval to allow negotiation teams to proceed to the next step of the process enshrined in the city’s Public-Private Partnership for the People (P4) ordinance.
Once the city chief executive approves the proposed terms of reference, the city administrator said that the 45-day formal negotiation process will be conducted between the parties from Feb. 15 to March 31, 2021 where series of meetings will be done to formulate the final terms of reference for the city’s market development project that had been stalled over the past 24 years.
According to him, if the parties agree on the final terms of reference for the project, the same will be subjected to a public consultation between April 5-9, 2021 where concerned stakeholders can raise their issues and concerns on the agreed terms.
He said the approved terms of reference for the project will then be subjected to the Swiss Challenge on April 16, 2021 where all interested companies will be invited to present their best offer for the realization of the proposed development of the public market.
However, dela Peña said SM Primeholdings which was given the Original Proponent Status (OPS) by the city will be given the right to match the best offer as part of the process enshrined in the P4 ordinance.
He said if both parties will not agree on the terms of reference for the project during the negotiation period, then the whole process will be considered a failure thus the succeeding processes will not be conducted.
Earlier, the P4 Selection Committee awarded the OPS for the market development project to Robinsons Land Corporation but the same was subsequently reversed by Mayor Magalong following the recommendations made by an independent committee he created to evaluate the decision of the committee where the OPS was eventually granted to SM Primeholdings.
He said the city government never awarded the market development project to SM Primeholdings because there are processes that have to be followed under the P4 ordinance and that the grant of the OPS is just part of the overall procedures in selecting the company that will develop the facility in partnership with the city government.
City Administrator Bonifacio dela Peña said from Jan. 6 to 31, 2021, both negotiation teams comprising financial and technical committee will be meeting separately to discuss their own timeframe, matrix of terms and agreed conditions to be presented during meeting of all members of negotiation teams on Feb. 2.
He said between Feb. 8-12, initially agreed terms will be presented to Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong for approval to allow negotiation teams to proceed to the next step of the process enshrined in the city’s Public-Private Partnership for the People (P4) ordinance.
Once the city chief executive approves the proposed terms of reference, the city administrator said that the 45-day formal negotiation process will be conducted between the parties from Feb. 15 to March 31, 2021 where series of meetings will be done to formulate the final terms of reference for the city’s market development project that had been stalled over the past 24 years.
According to him, if the parties agree on the final terms of reference for the project, the same will be subjected to a public consultation between April 5-9, 2021 where concerned stakeholders can raise their issues and concerns on the agreed terms.
He said the approved terms of reference for the project will then be subjected to the Swiss Challenge on April 16, 2021 where all interested companies will be invited to present their best offer for the realization of the proposed development of the public market.
However, dela Peña said SM Primeholdings which was given the Original Proponent Status (OPS) by the city will be given the right to match the best offer as part of the process enshrined in the P4 ordinance.
He said if both parties will not agree on the terms of reference for the project during the negotiation period, then the whole process will be considered a failure thus the succeeding processes will not be conducted.
Earlier, the P4 Selection Committee awarded the OPS for the market development project to Robinsons Land Corporation but the same was subsequently reversed by Mayor Magalong following the recommendations made by an independent committee he created to evaluate the decision of the committee where the OPS was eventually granted to SM Primeholdings.
He said the city government never awarded the market development project to SM Primeholdings because there are processes that have to be followed under the P4 ordinance and that the grant of the OPS is just part of the overall procedures in selecting the company that will develop the facility in partnership with the city government.
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