Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA—At least 89 contractors doing business with the Department of Public Works and Highways and seven other agencies have been blacklisted by the government for their alleged failure to comply with contractual obligations, misrepresentation and engaging in bidding irregularities.
This was reported Tuesday by the DPWH’s Public Information and Assistance Division (PIAD) as it reminded more than 2,600 other contractors to “engage in transparent and competitive bidding of infrastructure projects.”
Aside from the DPWH, the erring contractors had also handled projects of the Department of Education, Department of Health, National Housing Authority, National Irrigation Authority, Philippine Ports Authority, National Power Corp., and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson appealed anew to contractors to strictly comply with the approved project plans and specifications.
“Do not shortchange the Filipino people by engaging in corrupt practices,” he said.
The list of blacklisted contractors included, among others, the following: AVL Construction Corp.; AM Mallari Construction; ALC Industries, Inc.; AVB Construction and Supply; BE Construction; Banaue Multi-Builders Corp.; Basler Enterprises; Capson Builders and Development Corp.; Cel-Ted Construction; Construction Builders Inc.; DGM Construction and Development Corp.; De la Merced Builders Corp;
Domain Development Corp.; Dover Construction, Inc.; EAA Construction; ES Almuete Construction; EAG Construction; Eiwa Construction Co. Ltd.; FD Santos Construction; FM Ico Construction; Far East Construction; Four Aces Technology Construction; Francis Lim Construction; General Research and Development Corp.; ISA Industries and Construction Inc.; JC Rex Construction; Jega Condev. Corp.; Jelyn Enterprises; Villcruz Construction and Supply; JGS Enterprises and Construction;
JKK Construction; Jonice Engineering Construction; Jorson Marketing and Construction; KLD Engineering Construction; Kutawato Construction; Light Bell Construction and Builders; Lime Light Construction; Luna-Kalinga-Apayao Construction Co.; Magfer Construction; Marosa Enterprises; Mercedes Yap Construction, and RT Katigbak Construction Corp.; Suzuka Construction; Titan Builders; World Builders Inc.; Yoshida Construction, and Xiamen Special Economic Zone Trade Cor. Ltd.
Noting that the procurement process for the agency’s 2015 projects, worth nearly P270 billion, has started, Singson asked contractors to “help the department’s transparency and accountability efforts by not conniving with anyone (in the DPWH) or giving commissions to politicians or contractors in securing projects from the agency.”
He said surveys have shown “positive improvements in the department due to its transformation program, including efficiency and transparency in the procurement process.”
“We continue to appeal to contractors to refrain from colluding with either DPWH personnel or with other contractors,” he said.
In September, the DPWH head issued a statement indicating that the days of rigged bidding and collusion between some contractors and corrupt agency personnel were not yet over.
Based on the “results of bidding conducted by central, regional and district engineering offices, we can conclude that some contractors were favored by some of these offices.”
“There are also patterns wherein the same contractors joined in the bidding process where winning bidders were rotated among them,” he added.
Another high DPWH official reported that some DPWH personnel had been placed under preventive suspension by the agency for colluding with some contractors in rigging bids.
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