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Publish Date : 07-Mar-2015

The government has started with the second-round auction for the contract to supply the first 3,000 tricycles powered by electricity, said the Energy department. The electric tricycle (e-trike) project, which is a joint undertaking of the agency and Asian Development Bank (ADB), is designed to replace some 100,000 tricycles that run on gasoline by 2017. The $504-million project has secured $300 million ADB funding, and the government will provide the remaining $99 million, and the Clean Technology Fund, $105 million.

According to the Department of Energy (DoE), interested parties can start purchasing bid documents and prepare their bids. Energy Undersecretary Donato D. Marcos, said, “We are inviting interested bidders to join the renewed bidding process for the benefit not only of the electric transport industry, but of the ordinary Filipino citizens and tricycle drivers to enjoy an alternative mode of public transport.” April 14 is the deadline for bid submission, with a pre-bid conference on March 11. The project also targets participation from local government units (LGUs).

Launch of the first batch of e-trikes will be initially in the National Capital Region and Region IV. According to the bid document, “International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s single stage, two-envelope procedure and is open to all eligible bidders from member-countries.” Evaluation of bidders are to be done depending upon financial capability, experience and capacity to supply the project. The Energy department said “the e-trike project aims to promote sustainable transport, address the increasing carbon emissions in major cities, and reduce oil dependence of the local transport sector.” “The project also aims in transforming the public tricycle sector and jump-starting a new industry in the transport sector,” it added.

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