- CHERYL G. CRUZ
Four of six companies that submitted bids for the construction of the Bacolod City General Hospital multipurpose building, worth P193 million, in Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod, will be subject to bid evaluation and post-qualification.
The Department of Public Works and Highways Region 6 Monday opened the bids for the project that has an Approved Budget of Contract of P193 million.
Of the four companies found compliant, A.M. Oreta-IBC submitted the lowest bid at P190,600,000; F. Gurrea Construction Inc. at P191,033,722.80; A.G. Araja Construction with a bid of P192,256,250.34; and M. G. Salazar Construction Corp. at P192,898,681.82.
The bids of Precious Construction and A.C. Rivero Dev’t. Corp. were declared non-compliant during the activity streamed live on the Facebook page of the DPWH 6.
The dream for a Bacolod General Hospital was realized after President Rodrigo Duterte signed its establishment into law as Republic Act 11564 in June, with an initial funding allocation of P600 million under the 2022 General Appropriations Act.
House Bill No. 6731 was filed by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya and approved in the House of Representatives, while Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri authored Senate Bill No. 1647, and committed an additional P200 million to start the construction of the hospital this year. /CGC
