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Bohol
stands to get another P17-million worth of projects from the
Local Government Development Program (LGDP), funded by the
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
This
after Gov. Erico Aumentado last week endorsed to LGDP Phase
1 Program Director David Goodwins his preferred tenderers
for AusAID approval.
The
governor's endorsement or sign-off letter came after LGDP
in Bohol under Partnership Adviser Rosalinda Paredes reported
that the two-level assessment process for the tenders received
has been completed.
The
packages include the Bohol Integrated Water Supply System
Master Plan (BHL-01) at A$248,309 and the Bohol Agricultural
Value Chain Study (BHL-02) at A$127,097.
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These
translate into P15 million but since another P2 million
is allocated for capability building, the total assistance
would be around P17 milion, Paredes said.
The
LGDP generally acts as conduit for the AusAID funding.
The nitty-gritty still goes to the Provincial Government
Support Team (PGST) headed by lawyer Juanito Cambangay
and the representatives of the Bohol Integrated Area
Development (BIAD) clusters assessed and approved the
preferred tenderers that Aumentado, as chair of the
project advisory board, endorsed to AusAID.
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In
his letter, Aumentado said the Provincial Government of Bohol
accepts and affirms the preferred tenderers which came out
from the two-tiered selection process conducted by the Tender
Assessment Panels (TAP) of both the Bohol Local Area Development
Partnership (LADP) and the LGDP in Manila.
The
letter gives the green light for Woodfields Consultants, Inc.
(WCI) to implement BHL-01 and the Strategic Development Cooperation-Asia
(SDC-Asia) to implement BHL-02.
At
the same time, the governor reiterated his support and commitment
within the context of his mandates under the project, to actively
participate in related activities in the course of the implementation
of the packages of assistance and provide in-kind counterpart
contributions, if needed.
"We
also express our hopes that the implementation of the packages
of assistance will build the capabilities of LGUs in both
water supply systems development and agricultural value chain,"
he said.
Next
issue: A closer look into how Bohol bagged the packages of
assistance - or the activities before the sign off letter.
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