WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree Nos. 3 and 475 provide appropriations for
rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure facilities
caused by calamities in 1972 and for additional development projects
designed to further accelerate socio-economic development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to increase the appropriations of some
on-going and previously authorized projects to ensure their completion
in view of increased construction costs brought about by circumstances
beyond the control of the government and of changes in technical
designs and requirements;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is also a need to provide appropriations for new
projects in support of priority programs of the government including
the food production and distribution program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provided adequate appropriations to cover
the local counterpart funds of on-going and proposed foreign-financed
projects in view of the country increasing capability to absorb foreign
assistance as demonstrated by the various loans andds extended to
Government projects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to appropriate funds for these projects in
adequate amounts to cover their total costs up to completion to assure
continuity of their implementations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to make more effective the National Development
Program, there is a need to provide sustained financial support to the
Infrastructure Program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and for
sustained development of the country through complementary
infrastructure facilities, do hereby decree and order as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Capital Development Projects. — The
following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
appropriated, out of the general funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, from the proceeds of bond issues and/or loans
from local or foreign financial institutions, to implement projects
pertaining to the program of capital improvements of the
Administration, subject to the provision hereinafter set forth, for the
purpose mentioned hereunder:cralaw:red
TITLE A — TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
1. For the construction, improvement, rehabilitation;
reconstruction, completion, including project preparations, and the
purchase of necessary construction materials and supplies, of the
projects listed/summarized hereunder:cralaw:red
(a) Highways
1. Pan Philippine Highway
P465,000,000
2. Manila North Expressway
Extension 125,000,000
3. Manila East Road 75,000,000
4. San Fernando-Gapan Road,
Pampanga and Nueva Ecija 70,000,000
5. Sto. Tomas-Batangas Road,
Batangas 15,000,000
6. Tarlac-Lingayen Road, Tarlac and
Pangasinan 30,000,000
7. Road Right-of-Way, Luzon Road
Projects 91,000,000
8. Cotabato-Digos Road, Cotabato
25,000,000
9. Manila South Expressway
Extension 20,000,000
10. Tarlac-Santa Rosa Road including
Feeder Roads, Tarlac and Nueva
Ecija 10,000,000
11. Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Butuan City
Road 200,000,000
12. Cotabato City-General Santos City
Road 30,000,000
13. Cubao Interchange, Quezon City
20,000,000
14. Davao-Calinan-Bukidnon Road
90,000,000
15. Jct. Carmen-Dapecol-Panabo Pier
Road, Davao del Norte 10,000,000
16. Marikina-Infanta Road, Rizal and
Quezon 100,000,000
17. Lumban-Caliraya-Cavinti Road,
Laguna 15,000,000
18. Jct. Layac-Mariveles Road,
Bataan 55,000,000
19. Lamut-Banawe Road, Ifugao
30,000,000
20. Agoo Tubao-Baguio Road, La Union
and Benguet 40,000,000
21. Bacoor-Naic Ternate-Nasugbu Road,
Cavite and Batangas 60,000,000
22. Tagaytay-Batangas Road, Tagaytay
City and Batangas 65,000,000
23. Zambales-Pangasinan Road
60,000,000
24. Zamboanga Integrated Development
Road Projects, Zamboanga del Sur
80,000,000
25. Mindoro Integrated Development
Road Projects, Occidental and
Oriental Mindoro 150,000,000
26. Legaspi-Tiwi Road, Albay
P20,000,000
27. Tabaco-Ligao Road, Albay
15,000,000
28. Silay-Bacolod-Bago Road, Negros
Occidental 85,000,000
29. Bago-Kabankalan Road, Negros
Occidental 45,000,000
30. Jaro-Janiuay Road, Iloilo
30,000,000
31. Janiuay-Calinog Road, Iloilo
30,000,000
32. Calinog-Passi Road, Iloilo
10,000,000
33. Calinog-Dao Road, Iloilo
30,000,000
34. Jaro-Zarrago Road, Iloilo
10,000,000
35. Zarraga-Passi Road, Iloilo
60,000,000
36. Carvasona-Duenal Road, Iloilo
10,000,000
37. Zarraga-Barotac Nuevo Road,
Cebu 35,000,000
38. Cebu City-Carmen Road, Cebu
25,000,000
39. Naga-Lutopan-Toledo Road, Cebu
50,000,000
40. Puerto-Malaybalay Road,
Bukidnon 60,000,000
41. Malaybalay-Kibawe Road,
Bukidnon 70,000,000
42. Silay-Fabrica Road, Negros
Occidental 75,000,000
43. Fabrica-San Carlos Road, Negros
Occidental 50,000,000
44. San Carlos-Villahermoso Road,
Negros Oriental 30,000,000
45. Villahermoso-Sibuco Road, Negros
Oriental 55,000,000
46. Dao-Roxas City Road, Cebu
25,000,000
47. Roxas-Pontevedra-Bailan Road,
Capiz 15,000,000
48. Lanot-Bailan Road, Capiz
15,000,000
49. Bailan-Estancia Road, Capiz
35,000,000
50. Limbog-Kalibo Road, Aklan
30,000,000
51. Barotac Neuvo-Barotac Viejo Road,
Iloilo 20,000,000
52. Dawatan-Banate Road, Iloilo
10,000,000
53. Carmen-San Remigion Road,
Antique 45,000,000
54. Anonang-Daanbantayan, Road,
Cebu 15,000,000
55. Cebu South Road, Cebu 65,000,000
56. Baguio-Lubuagan Road, Benguet
and Kalinga, Apayao 180,000,000
57. Iloilo-Antique Road 60,000,000
58. Dumaguete North Road, Negros
Oriental 120,000,000
59. Dumaguete South Road, Negros
Oriental P80,000,000
60. Tagbilaran East Road, Bohol
120,000,000
61. Tagbilaran North Road, Bohol
90,000,000
62. Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road, Leyte
70,000,000
63. Dugo-Gonzaga-San Vicente Road,
Cagayan 65,000,000
64. Midsayap-Dulawan-Marbel Road,
North Cotabato and Maguindanao
70,000,000
65. Dipolog-Oroquieta Road,
Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis
Occidental 65,000,000
66. Ilocos Sur-Ilocos Norte-Magapit
Road, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and
Cagayan 150,000,000
67. Ilagan-Palanan Road, Isabela
70,000,000
68. Solsona-Cabugao-Corner Rizal Road,
Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Apayao and
Cagayan 130,000,000
69. Quirino Highway, Quezon
and Camarines Sur 100,000,000
70. Metro Manila Ring Roads
190,000,000
71. Circumferential Roads, Metro
Manila 150,000,000
72. Secondary and Feeder Roads in Bicol
Region 60,000,000
73. Gen. Santos-Malisbeng Secondary
Roads, South Cotabato 60,000,000
74. Basey-Balangiga Road, Western and
Eastern Samar 50,000,000
75. Capas-Botolan Road, Tarlac and
Zambales 30,000,000
76. Dipolog-Pagadian Road, Zamboanga
del Norte and del Sur 50,000,000
77. Valencia-Pangantucan-Kalilangan
Road, Bukidnon 18,500,000
78. Kalilangan-Kalingilan-Kibawe
Road, Bukidnon 20,800,000
79. Talakag-Lantapan Road, Bukidnon
20,000,000
80. Brookes' Point Roads, Palawan
30,000,000
81. Gasan Buenavista-Torrijos
Road, Marinduque 11,000,000
82. Ilagan-Kapatagan Road, Lanao del
Norte 39,000,000
83. Lake Lanao Coastal Road, Lanao del
Sur P92,000,000
84. Padada-Columbio Road, Davao Del
Sur and Sultan Kudarat 42,000,000
85. Soquil-Maitum-Malisarong Road,
South Cotabato 65,000,000
86. South Cotabato Roads 34,000,000
87. Radial and Circumferential Roads,
Jolo, Sulu 20,000,000
88. National Roads in Manila
100,000,000
89. Improvement of National Roads and
Bridges
a. Luzon
130,000,000
b. Mindanao
95,000,000
c. Visayas
70,000,000
90. Feeder and Secondary Roads and
Bridges 400,000,000
91. Development Roads 240,000,000
92. Provincial, City and Municipal
Roads 300,000,000
93. Roads Right-of-Way 150,000,000
94. Various National Roads
311,700,000
Total for Highways P7,150,000,000
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(b) Railways
1. Rehabilitation of Batangas Line
(Calamba-Batangas Port) P32,000,000
2. Main Line South Project (Manila-
Legaspi) 302,000,000
3. Other Railways Projects
10,000,000
Total for Railways P344,000,000
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(c) Airports andr Navigation
1. Manila Internationalrport
(P254,000,000)
2. Butuanrport 17,900,000
3. Cagayan de Ororport 12,520,000
4. Cagayan de Sulurport 17,000,000
5. Cauayanrport 21,000,000
6. Davao Cityrport 15,600,000
7. Export Processing Zone
Authorityrport 40,000,000
8. Fugarport 20,300,000
9. Iloilorport P20,000,000
10. Ipilrport 10,500,000
11. Legaspirport 11,500,000
12. Mactanrport 13,800,000
13. Manila General Aviationrport
22,000,000
14. Zamboanga City 15,000,000
15. Variousrports 405,953,000
16. Air Navigation Facilities
50,000,000
Total forrpots/Air Navigation
P947,073,000
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(d) Port works and Maritime Navigation
1. Port of Manila P270,000,000
2. Port of Tobaco, Albay 24,365,000
3. Port of Mariveles (Syncrolift),
Bataan 30,000,000
4. Port of Batangas, Batangas
14,500,000
5. Port of Cagayan De Oro 45,500,000
6. Port of Cebu, Cebu City
55,150,000
7. Port of Cotabato (Polloc) Port
of 120,000,000
8. Makar, Gen. Santos City
44,700,000
9. Port of Tacloban City, Leyte
14,600,000
10. Port of Calapan, Mindoro
Oriental 126,770,000
11. Philippine (Navotas) Fisheries Port,
Rizal 32,000,000
12. Port of Casambalanga, Cagayan
25,000,000
13. Port of Sta. Ana, Davao
Oriental 10,600,000
14. Port of Iloilo, Iloilo City
12,800,000
15. Port of Bicobian, Isabela
14,400,000
16. Port of Tandulsog, Jolo, Sulu
38,000,000
17. Port of Pulupandan, Negros
Occidental 13,900,000
18. Port of Ozamis, Misamis
Occidental 11,400,000
19. Port of Dumaguete, Negros
Oriental 12,900,000
20. Port of Puerto Princesa,
Palawan 13,900,000
21. Port of Mariveles, Bataan
10,000,000
22. Port of Puluan, Dapitan City
10,000,000
23. Port of Basilan, Zamboanga del
Sur 11,700,000
24. Various National Ports
255,776,000
Total for National Ports
P1,217,961,000
25. Various Municipal Ports
36,869,000
26. Lighthouses and Other Maritime
Navigation Facilities P25,000,000
Total for Portworks and Maritime
Navigation P1,279,830,000
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(e) Telecommunications
1. Telegraphic Transfer Services
Improvement P30,000,000
2. Municipal Telephone System
42,000,000
3. Telecommunications Maintenance
Centers (Regional And Provincial)
48,500,000
Total for Telecommunications
P120,500,000
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TOTAL FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS P9,841,403,000
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TITLE B — WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
1. For the construction, improvement, rehabilitation,
reconstruction, completion, including project preparation and the
purchase of necessary construction materials supplies of the projects
listed/summarized hereunder:cralaw:red
(a) Irrigation
1. Aurora-Peñaranda Basin Diversion
Scheme 228,000,000
2. Tarlac Irrigation Systems
Improvement Project 139,000,000
3. Angat-Magat Integrated
Agricultural Development Project
95,436,000
4. Davao del Norte Irrigation Project
(Saug-Compostela) 21,900,000
5. Agusan del Sur Irrigation Project
(Bunawan-Salvacion) 44,400,000
6. Pulangui River (Valencia)
Bukidnon 55,060,000
7. Upper Pampanga River Project,
Watershed Development Pilot
Project 10,000,000
8. Casecnan Trans-Basin Development
Project P20,000,000
9. Lower Agno Irrigation Project,
Pangasinan 12,000,000
10. Various National Irrigation
Projects 295,765,000
11. Various Communal Irrigation
Projects 70,000,000
12. Pump Irrigation Projects
50,000,000
13. Irrigation-Electrification
Projects 30,000,000
14. Mindoro Integrated Development
Irrigation Projects 71,500,000
15. Bicol River Basin Development
Irrigation Projects 78,000,000
16. Zamboanga Integrated Development
Irrigation Projects 30,000,000
17. Groundwater Development Project
70,710,000
Total for Irrigation P1,321,771,000
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(b) Water Supply
1. Various Artesian Wells and
Springs P90,959,000
2. Various Waterworks 78,729,000
Total for Water Supply
P169,688,000
(c) Flood Control and Drainage
1. Agno River Control, Pangasinan
P108,100,000
2. Asingan-San Manuel Levee with
Closure of the Chico River, Agno
River Control, Pangasinan
17,000,000
3. Abelong and Angalacan River
Control, Pangasinan 14,500,000
4. Magat River Control, Nueva
Viscaya, Isabela and Cagayan
800,000,000
5. Pampanga River Control, Pampanga,
Bulacan and Nueva Ecija 118,580,000
6. Gumain-Porac River Control,
Pampanga 15,642,000
7. Pasig-Potrero River Control
Pampanga 41,500,000
8. Labangan Floodway, Bulacan
12,500,000
9. San Fernando-Abacan River
Control, Pampanga P38,500,000
10. Parua River Control, Tarlac
39,000,000
11. Rio Chico River Control, Pampanga
and Nueva Ecija 54,900,000
12. Manila and Suburbs River Control,
Manila and Suburbs 2,273,500,000
13. Mangahan Floodway, Rizal
180,000,000
14. Magasawang Tubig River Control,
Oriental Mindoro 12,000,000
15. Bicol River Control, Camarines
Sur 45,950,000
16. Ilog-Hilabangan, River Control,
Negros Occidental 64,344,000
17. Panay River Control Capiz and
Roxas City 28,100,000
18. Samar-Leyte Schistosomiasis
Control Project 10,000,000
19. Maranding River Control, Lanao Del
Norte 10,200,000
20. Agusan River Control, Butuan City
and Agusan 73,000,000
21. Davao River Control, Davao City
10,520,000
22. Cotabato River Control,
Cotabato 194,350,000
23. Pampanga, Bicol and Cotabato
Dredging Project 54,000,000
24. Various River and Flood Control
Projects 236,856,000
Total for River Control And
Drainage P4,453,042,000
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TOTAL FOR WATER RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT P5,944,501,000
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TITLE C — BUILDINGS
1. For the construction, improvement, rehabilitation,
reconstruction, including project preparation and the purchase of
necessary construction materials and supplies, of the projects
listed/summarized hereunder:cralaw:red
(a) National and Related Buildings
1. Philippine College of Arts and
Trades Building, Manila P16,330,000
2. Bureau of Posts Building, Manila
and Provincial Branches 11,400,000
3. Department of Education and
Culture Building 52,000,000
4. Philippine College of Commerce
Building, Manila 24,400,000
5. Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications
Building, Quezon City 50,000,000
6. Bureau of Lands Building
45,000,000
7. Weather Bureau Building, Quezon
City 13,200,000
8. Bureau of Soils Building,
Quezon City 25,000,000
9. Bureau of Animal Industry Building,
Quezon City 10,000,000
10. Philippine Fisheries Commission
Building, Quezon City 10,000,000
11. University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City and Los
Baños, Laguna
a. Academic Buildings, Diliman and
Los Baños 62,400,000
b. Campus Utilities and Ground,
Diliman and Los Baños
31,085,000
c. Ancillary Facilities, Diliman
and Los
Baños 16,100,000
d. Other
Projects 23,720,000
12. Department of Labor Buildings,
Quezon City 45,000,000
13. Department of Social Welfare
Building 15,500,000
14. National Economic and
Development Authority Building
30,000,000
15. Department of Trade Building,
Quezon City 50,000,000
16. Central Mindanao State University
Building, Bukidnon 20,915,000
17. Mindanao State University Building
Marawi City 14,110,000
18. Children's Educational Foundation
Building, Villa, Cotabato
12,025,000
19. Local Government Regional
Training Center Buildings
15,000,000
20. Department of Natural Resources
Building, Quezon City 45,000,000
21. Various National Buildings
269,474,000
Total for National Buildings
P907,659,000
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(b) Hospitals and Sanitaria
1. Jose Reyes Hospital, Manila
P11,400,000
2. Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital,
Manila 11,600,000
3. Philippine General Hospital,
Manila 10,650,000
4. National Cancer Center Building,
Manila 14,000,000
5. Various Hospitals and Related
Buildings 269,414,000
Total for Hospitals and Sanitaria
P317,064,000
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(c) Elementary School
Buildings P600,000,000
(d) Secondary School
Buildings 100,000,000
(e) Other Public Buildings and
Miscellaneous Public
Works 100,000,000
TOTAL FOR BUILDINGS P2,024,723,000
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TITLE D — SHORE PROTECTION
1. For the construction, improvement, rehabilitation,
reconstruction, completion, including project preparation and the
purchase of necessary construction materials and supplies of the
projects summarized hereunder:cralaw:red
(a) Various Sea Walls P23,665,000
Total for Section 1 P17,834,292,000
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Section 2. Miscellaneous Projects. — The following
sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby appropriated,
out of the general funds in the national treasury not otherwise
appropriated, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the
purpose mentioned hereunder: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
a) For the maintenance and/or repair of public
buildings, shrines, and monuments,
including ground and outside installations:
Provided, That, so much as may be
necessary but not to exceed P1,000,000
of this sum shall be made available for the
Malacañang buildings and Mansion and
Guest Houses in Baguio: Provided,
further, that P100,000 of this sum
shall be made available for the
maintenance of the Mabini Shrine in
Tanauan, Batangas, including the salaries
of the two caretakers of the Shrine who
shall be the two nearest surviving
kins of Apolinario Mabini
P30,000,000
b) For the maintenance and emergency
repair of existing flood control and
drainage structures 10,000,000
c) For the prosecution of pre-investment
studies, regional planning, project pre-
feasibility and feasibility studies,
preliminary engineering and other
activities necessary prior to actual
project implementation, including
administrative services and training
directly identified with the studies
and purchase of equipment, materials
and supplies as may be authorized by
the National Economic and Development
Authority upon recommendation of
department heads concerned
P100,000,000
d) For the prosecution of necessary detailed
engineering of projects authorized in this
and other public works measures,
including detailed surveys, soils
investigation, detailed designs, preparation
of specifications and contract documents
and other related activities that are
necessary prior to actual construction, as
may be authorized by the National
Economic and Development Authority
upon recommendation of department
heads concerned 50,000,000
e) For the purchase of necessary rights-of-way
for the implementation of projects authorized
in this and other public works measures as
may be authorized by the National Economic
and Development Authority upon
recommendation of department heads
concerned 100,000,000
f) For water resources investigations,
survey
and studies, establishment of recording
stream gaging stations of various rivers
including publication, and preparation of
water Atlas for the Philippines to be
undertaken by the National Water
Resources Council 13,000,000
g) For the construction of ware housing
facilities necessary for the implementation
of programs of the National Grains
Authority and other governmental
agencies 100,000,000
h) For the implementation of the Philippine
Australian Development Assistance
Program P100,000,000
Total for Section 2 P503,000,000
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Section 3. Program of Work Required Before
Prosecuting Public Works. — Before prosecuting any public works
project, the district, city or project engineer concerned shall prepare
a program of work for approval by the Department Head concerned for any
project with an estimated cost of more than P500,000; by the Bureau
Head concerned for any project with an estimated cost of more than
P200,000 but not more than P500,000; by the Regional Director concerned
for any project with an estimated cost of more than P50,000 but not
more than P200,000; and by the District or City Engineer concern for
any project with an estimated cost of P50,000 or less. In no case shall
construction funds be remitted to field offices or construction work on
a project be started before the program of work is approved.
No program of work for any project which requires special site
investigation, survey, and construction plans shall be approved unless
such plans are used as basis of the program: Provided, That for
projects with an estimated cost of P1,000,000 or more, the PERT/CPM
technique shall be used and a time-scaled diagram of the activities
shall as well a monthly cash flow shall be made part of the program of
work. The PERT/CPM diagram shall be used by the agency concerned as a
basis for, inter alia, monitoring the progress of work, making progress
payments, and assessing claims for extra cost and time extension.
The program of work for any project shall not be amended except in case
of unforeseen contingencies or any change in field conditions or other
similar circumstances in which case an amendment may be allowed
provided that such amendment will not result in a deficiency of the
expected accomplishment in excess of fifteen per centum thereof and an
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Section 4. Rental of Equipment. — Rental of equipment
shall not be deducted at the time of the release of funds for public
works or even in anticipation of use of the equipment but shall be paid
based on actual use when the appropriation so released is P25,000 or
less. When the appropriation so released is above P25,000 and use of
rented equipment is anticipated, deduction for rental shall be made at
the time of the release of funds but such deduction shall not exceed
ten per centum of the released appropriation: Provided, That, should
the amount so deducted be in excess of actual rental, the balance of
such deduction should be remitted immediately to the district or city
engineering office concerned.
Section 5. Preference to Local Labor. — In the
execution and construction of any public works project, the labor
requirements shall be filled by laborers from the sitio, barrio,
poblacion or municipality where the project is being undertaken.
However, in case of skilled labor, it may be procured elsewhere within
the province where the project is located; and in the case of
specialized skilled labor, it may be procured outside the province
where the project is located.
Section 6. Labor — Intensive Methods — Whenever
technically practicable and economically feasible, labor-intensive
methods may be used in the prosecution of public works or portion
thereof authorized in this Decree and other Public Works measures:
Provided, That the structural integrity of the project is not impaired
and its financial cost does not increase by more than ten (10%) per
centum over that involved in alternative normal equipment-intensive
construction technique as defined by the agency concerned: Provided,
further, That the employment of workers for the labor-intensive
operations will not unduly impair the labor requirements for
agricultural production. Before any such project is prosecuted, the
agency concerned shall prepare at least two alternative methods of
construction based on the same plans and structural standards, one
being labor-intensive, together with a comparative evaluation of
projected financial and economic costs, employment generation, and
technical quality; such comparison shall be the basis for selecting the
most advantageous construction techniques to be employed in terms of
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The selected construction technique shall be made part and the basis of
the program of work which shall be subject to approval by the officials
concerned in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this
Decree.
The purchase of hand tools and other work implements for undertaking
public works projects by labor-intensive technique is authorized to be
charged against the project funds not be exceed five (5%) per centum of
the estimated project cost; Provided, That the agencies concerned shall
undertake a continuing inventory of such hand tools and other work
implements and make full economic use thereof in different projects.
The agencies concerned shall refer to the relevant studies of the
Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications and the
International Labor Organization for the identification of project work
items or activities suitable for labor-intensive methods of
construction.
Section 7. Pre-Construction Activities. — In the
implementation of the work a general plan of operations shall be
prepared to indicate the methods and procedures to be followed. This
plan will cover and organize all relevant fields of study, delineation
of responsibilities for undertaking each phase, specifying all
analytical procedures and resources to be required for conducting the
studies: Provided, That the appropriation shall include administrative
services directly identified with the studies and purchase of
equipment, materials, and supplies.
Section 8. Use of Private Consulting Services. — For
any public works project with an estimated cost of P200,000 or more,
the Department Head concerned may hire the services of Filipino or
associated Filipino and foreign consultants or consulting firms
whenever available, for a fee not exceeding two and one half per centum
(2 ½%) of the estimated cost for the review of the project or
plans and specifications devised by the bureau or office concerned,
and/or for a fee not exceeding nine per centum (9%) of the estimated
total project cost to undertake the detailed design, including plans
and specifications, and/or construction, supervision of the project:
Provided, That the participation of Filipino consultants and/or
government implementing agency concerned in any point venture of
foreign and local agencies shall be maximized.
Section 9. Purchase of Sites. — Any appropriation
herein authorized for construction of a project shall be understood to
include the acquisition or purchase of sites whenever such acquisition
or purchase is necessary for the prosecution of the project.
Section 10. Prosecution of Public Works Projects by
Administration. — The provisions of any law, rules or regulations to
the contrary notwithstanding and irrespective of the source of funds,
all public works project with a cost of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P200,000) or less may be done by administration by the bureau or
agency concerned without benefit of public bidding subject to the
provisions of Section 5 and Section 6 thereof. Public works projects
with a cost of more than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000) shall,
after public bidding, be awarded by contract. If there are no
acceptable bids for the project, or the bids are higher by more than
ten per centum (10%) over the government estimate, the project may be
prosecuted by administration by the bureau or agency concerned after
securing the approval of the Department Head. In case of urgent
necessity or emergency, projects costing more than P200,000 may be
prosecuted by administration without benefit of public bidding upon
representation by the bureau or agency concerned, subject to favorable
recommendation of the Department Head and approval by the President of
the Philippines.
Section 11. Purchase of Materials and Supplies. — The
Department Head concerned is authorized, in the interest of public
service, subject to bidding and auditing requirements, to procure the
necessary materials and supplies, needed for the construction,
reconstruction, improvement, repair and/or maintenance of any public
work project, regardless of the source of funds; Provided, That, when
such materials and supplies are obtainable locally in the district,
city or neighboring districts, the same may be procured by the District
or City Engineer without prior authority from the Department Head;
Provided, further, that, no surcharge shall be imposed for the service
of procuring such materials and supplies; Provided, furthermore, that
the cost of such materials and supplies shall not exceed the estimated
cost of such materials and supplies stated in the approved program of
work as provided under Section 3 hereof.
Section 12. Engineering Surcharge and Other Overhead
Expenses. — No national surcharge shall be collected from the
appropriation or expenditures authorized for any category of public
work and all surcharges to be collected by the district or city
engineering office for administrative overhead and engineering
expenses, including the compensation and travel expenses and all other
deductions shall not exceed ten per centum of expenditures or
appropriation for any public works project, so that ninety per centum
of said appropriation shall be expanded directly for the project:
Provided, That nine per centum said expenditures shall accrue to the
district or city engineering office and one per cent shall accrue to
the regional engineering offices concerned: Provided, further, That
such surcharges shall be under the custody of the disbursing officers
of the said engineering offices: Provided, finally, That such
surcharges may be used for the purchase of the motor vehicles and
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Section 13. National Disbursing Funds. — Any
provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, all funds
appropriated under the provisions of this Decree shall, when released,
be carried in the account books of the treasurers or special disbursing
officers as national disbursing funds and all projects herein specified
are classified as national projects: Provided, That, provincial fund
allocated as counterpart shall not be considered as national fund.
Section 14. Interchangeability of Financing Methods.
— Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance and the National
Economic and Development Authority, the President of the Philippines is
authorized to modify the financing methods indicated in this and
previous Public Works Measures, so as to enable the department head
concerned to undertake the projects financed from general revenue with
the proceeds from the sale of bonds and/or from loans. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 15. Other Financing Methods. — The
provisions of existing laws, executive orders, rules and regulations to
the contrary notwithstanding, the proceeds from the payment for
reparations goods may be used for financing projects authorized in this
Decree and other Public Works Measures, including the purchase of
necessary equipment, construction materials and supplies.
Section 16. Unreleased Appropriations. — All
unreleased appropriations in Republic Acts Numbered Forty Eight Hundred
Fifty Four, Fifty One Hundred Eighty Seven, and Fifty Nine Hundred
Seventy Nine are hereby repealed.
Section 17. Reports. — The Department Head concerned
shall submit an annual accomplishment report to the President, copy of
which shall be furnished the National Economic and Development
Authority, Such report shall include the appropriations released as of
the end of the fiscal year, the extent of work accomplished, further
work to be done to complete the program of broad categories of public
works and recommendations if any, for transfer of appropriations or for
program changes to be incorporated in the next Public Works
Appropriations Measure.
Section 18. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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