The Commission on Audit said the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines (PPPCP) needs to collect a total amount of P845.84 million from national government agencies and government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) for projects which were either terminated or no longer pursued.
In its 2017 annual audit report on PPP, the COA said the receivables from national government agencies amount to P679.029 million, which comprises projects of the Department of Transportation which includes the Automatic Fare Collection System Project, North-South/Integrated Luzon Railway Project, LRT 1 Extension to Dasmarinas, Cavite, Mactan-Cebu International Airport New Passenger Terminal, Manila-Makati-Pasay-Taguig Mass Transport Loop Project, Puerto Princesa Airport and Clark International Airport.
Also included in the receivables from national government agencies are from projects such as the Improvement/Rehabilitation of Quirino Highway Project, NAIA Expressway-Phase 2, Plaridel Bypass Toll Road Project, Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways; and the Vaccine Self-Sufficiency Project of the Department of Health.
For the GOCCs, the receivables amounting to P166.812 million would come from terminated projects such as the Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance of the Angat Hydro-Electric Power Plant Turbines, New Centennial Water Source Project of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System; and the Batangas-Manila Natural Gas Pipeline Project of the Philippine National Oil Company.
The COA noted that the termination of the projects is made by the implementing agencies by sending letters of termination to the PPPCP, stating the status and the reasons for the cancellation or termination of the projects.
The reasons of termination were as follows: no contract variation or amendment was executed to extend the term of the contract, fund shifting from PPP to Official Development Assistance (OCA), the National Economic Development Authority decided to defer the project, possible security issues raised by the military, protracted preparation and development of the project.
“Moreover, according to the PPPCP website, another reason for project termiantion was the policy directions set by the new administration, changing of funding scheme from PPP to ODA,” the COA noted.
The COA said that the DPWH and DOH both confirmed that as per their records, they have no outstanding payables to the PPPCP but it is an indication that their finance divisions were not informed of their obligations to the PPPCP despite their signed Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs).
“We recommended and management agreed to: (a) enforce the provision of the TAA on the payment to the PPPCP by the IAs (implementing agencies) concerned of the PDC (project development cost) for the terminated proejcts, plus the 10 per cent administrative cost; and, (b) require the accountant to coordinate with the IAs concerned for the reconciliation of both accounts,” the COA said.
In its 2017 annual audit report on PPP, the COA said the receivables from national government agencies amount to P679.029 million, which comprises projects of the Department of Transportation which includes the Automatic Fare Collection System Project, North-South/Integrated Luzon Railway Project, LRT 1 Extension to Dasmarinas, Cavite, Mactan-Cebu International Airport New Passenger Terminal, Manila-Makati-Pasay-Taguig Mass Transport Loop Project, Puerto Princesa Airport and Clark International Airport.
Also included in the receivables from national government agencies are from projects such as the Improvement/Rehabilitation of Quirino Highway Project, NAIA Expressway-Phase 2, Plaridel Bypass Toll Road Project, Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways; and the Vaccine Self-Sufficiency Project of the Department of Health.
For the GOCCs, the receivables amounting to P166.812 million would come from terminated projects such as the Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance of the Angat Hydro-Electric Power Plant Turbines, New Centennial Water Source Project of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System; and the Batangas-Manila Natural Gas Pipeline Project of the Philippine National Oil Company.
The COA noted that the termination of the projects is made by the implementing agencies by sending letters of termination to the PPPCP, stating the status and the reasons for the cancellation or termination of the projects.
The reasons of termination were as follows: no contract variation or amendment was executed to extend the term of the contract, fund shifting from PPP to Official Development Assistance (OCA), the National Economic Development Authority decided to defer the project, possible security issues raised by the military, protracted preparation and development of the project.
“Moreover, according to the PPPCP website, another reason for project termiantion was the policy directions set by the new administration, changing of funding scheme from PPP to ODA,” the COA noted.
The COA said that the DPWH and DOH both confirmed that as per their records, they have no outstanding payables to the PPPCP but it is an indication that their finance divisions were not informed of their obligations to the PPPCP despite their signed Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs).
“We recommended and management agreed to: (a) enforce the provision of the TAA on the payment to the PPPCP by the IAs (implementing agencies) concerned of the PDC (project development cost) for the terminated proejcts, plus the 10 per cent administrative cost; and, (b) require the accountant to coordinate with the IAs concerned for the reconciliation of both accounts,” the COA said.
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