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Nov. 21 - 26, 2016
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Are the fountains finished?
By Jun Tarroza
Ormoc City - In the eyes
of the public, the fountains in
front of the city hall are fully
operational as demonstrated
last October 30 when they
were opened for everyone to
see. Mayor Richard Gomez
himself said they are just
putting the finishing touches
for them to become fully operational.
But as of last week, the
fountains were blanketed
with blue plastic tarp around
each of them. No billboard
signs were seen around them
to indicate project name,
cost, name of the contractor,
duration and target completion of the project, information that the public are entitled to.
In a check with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System
(PhilGEPS) where biddings
are supposed to be posted,
the fountains were bid in two
separate amounts. The fountains are supposed to cost
P13,332,794.53. The first
one worth P2,832,794.53
was published in PhilGEPS on October 6, 2016. The
Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) chaired by City Administrator Vincent L. Emnas approved an “Invitation
to Bid” with a closing date on
Oct. 26, 2016.
The work includes “excavation, reinforcing steel, concrete works, waterproofing,
installation of Ashlar Stone,
stainless steel works, and
electrical works.” It should
last no more than 60 calendar days.
In another invitation to
bid for a project worth P10.5million, it was formally
opened to public bidding on
November 8, 2016. The project involves the “supply and
installation of multi-pattern
modular fountain,” and this
was also in front of the old
city hall and public plaza. By
this time, somebody should
have been already awarded
the contract
Cucina de Amelia
But it appears that the
fountains have been worked
on earlier because as of October 30, it was already gushing with water amid colorful
lights.
A check with the bids
and awards committee vice
chairman Engr. Domardoni
Cayanong regarding the status of these projects proved
futile. The said official did
not return messages sent by
this paper or answer telephone calls.#
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