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PPP pipeline down to ₱2.77 trillion as 3 projects delisted

Published Sep 4, 2025 12:24 pm
Three major national projects have been delisted from the Marcos Jr. administration’s public-private partnership (PPP) pipeline, bringing the total value of infrastructure to be funded by tycoons’ deep pockets down to ₱2.77 trillion to date.
Documents shared by the PPP Center with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 3, showed an updated total cost across 229 projects that is lower than the ₱2.86 trillion worth in July.
The PPP Center emphasized that the change in the project pipeline is due to unsolicited proposals and new submissions from implementing agencies (IA).
The PPP Center identified three projects that were removed from the list of national projects.
The ₱320-million Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) Digitalization Project was delisted.
Also removed was the ₱29.39-billion 3,000-tons-per-day (TPD) Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Facility under the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
The Sanitary Landfill (SLF)-WtE Project in New Clark City under the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) was likewise taken out of the pipeline.
The PPP Center explained that the removals were due to failed negotiations on unsolicited proposals and changes in the mode of implementation.
Meanwhile, two national projects in the areas of WtE and school infrastructure have been added to the government’s PPP pipeline.
The Metro Manila WtE Project is estimated to cost ₱29.62 billion and will be implemented by MMDA.
The proposed PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase 4 (PSIP IV) by the Department of Education (DepEd) is under conceptualization and its cost is yet to be determined.
Earlier, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) recommended the inclusion of stricter safeguards for PPP projects under a Senate bill (SB) seeking to accelerate classroom construction nationwide.
In an Aug. 18 comment on SB No. 121, or the proposed Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act authored by Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino, PIDS senior research fellow Michael Ralph M. Abrigo said the measure should draw from lessons of past education infrastructure programs to ensure sustainable and accountable delivery.
The bill aims to tap local government units (LGUs) and private-sector partners in addressing the country’s classroom backlog, estimated at more than 165,000, through funding support from the DepEd, national government (NG) appropriations, and PPP arrangements.
Abrigo had noted that while PPPs can expand delivery capacity, the earlier PSIP, rolled out during the Benigno Aquino III administration, exposed contractual weaknesses and failed to attract broad private participation due to delays and high risks.
To prevent a repeat of such problems, Abrigo had recommended that the CAP bill require financial viability assessments for classroom PPPs, adopt flexible cost-recovery models such as staggered payments, viability gap funding or targeted tax incentives, and establish clear revenue-risk frameworks that define cost-sharing rules, penalties, and performance bonds.
Abrigo had also urged the creation of dedicated PPP oversight units to handle early site appraisals, contract design, and project preparation.
“Such measures could incentivize sustainable private participation while safeguarding transparency, efficiency, and equity in classroom construction delivery,” according to Abrigo.
Beyond PPP safeguards, Abrigo had also proposed an equity-focused allocation framework to prioritize underserved areas, disaster-resilient classroom designs, lifecycle maintenance funding, and monitoring mechanisms that track not just project completion but actual improvements in class sizes and learning conditions.
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