The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed the opening of bids under the first Micro Grid Service Provider–Competitive Selection Process (MGSP-CSP).
Of the nine who pre-qualified, the DOE received only six complete bid proposals, both financial and technical, from the Maharlika Consortium covering eight lots that include unserved areas in Cebu, Quezon and Palawan.
The consortium represents three companies that count Clean Power Holdings Inc. and Singapore-based firms CleanGrid Partners and WEnergy Global.
The MGSP-CSP program seeks to energize 98 unserved and underserved areas of the country clustered into 49 lots.
DOE said should the Maharlika Consortium proposal be in accordance with the terms of reference of the Micro-Grid Systems Act and its implementing rules and regulations, a post-qualification process will be conducted prior to the notice of award targeted for issuance by March 2024.
“While we received proposals from only one pre-qualified bidder and acknowledge that we may not encompass all 98 declared unserved and underserved areas, we deem our pilot implementation of the MGSP-CSP a success,” said Energy undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara, in a statement.
“This is a crucial step forward as it ensures that communities will soon benefit from deploying micro-grid systems. Learning from this pilot CSP experience, we are committed to implementing enhancements for the next round of MGSP-CSP scheduled in 2024,” Guevara said.
The DOE said the MGSP-CSP forms part of efforts to achieve 100 percent household electrification by 2028 in tandem with much-needed support and cooperation from the private sector and all concerned national and local government units and institutions.
