Gov't to build P27-B MICE infra project in Pasay

The Philippine International Exhibition Center (PIEC), a P27-billion flagship MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) infrastructure project of the Marcos administration, will rise on a newly reclaimed island in Manila Bay, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.

- By RAINIER ALLAN RONDA

The DPWH said it has secured the approval of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) to use a special "customized" set of bidding documents to bid out the design and build contract for the project, which will be located at the 265-hectare Pasay Harbor City.

The GPPB last Jan. 31 had approved the request of the DPWH to use customized bid documents that do not conform to the standard bid forms set by Republic Act 12009, otherwise known as the New Government Procurement Act of 2024.

DPWH sought the exemption from using standard procurement forms for the PIEC design and build contract tender to address "procurement process failures and implementation issues."