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Advisory

Invitation for Challenge

Published on: Friday, 22 July 2022

Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Center, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City
Taguig City, Metro Manilla

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COAL OPERATING CONTRACT (COC)
Under the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP)

This is to inform the public that Vintage-21 Coal Mining Corporation is applying for CBS 40-L-372, 40-L-373, 41-L-12, and 41-L-13 Coal Blocks located in Lingig, Surigao del Sur, and Boston, Davao Oriental as seen in the map below and is bounded by the following Technical Descriptions:

 

 

INVITATION FOR CHALLENGE

Interested applicants may challenge the application of Vintage-21 Coal Mining Corporation by submitting their application over the same area in accordance with and subject to the following prescribed timeline and procedures:

A. Timeline

  • Pre-submission Conference – Twenty (20) calendar days from this date, 0900H at the DOE AVR.
  • Deadline for the Submission of documents by Applicants – Sixty (60) calendar days (2 months) from this date on or before 1100H at the DOE Records Section.
  • Opening of Documents – Sixty (60) calendar days (2 months) from this date at 1300H at the DOE AVR.

B. Procedures for Filing of Application:

  1. The applicant shall submit three (3) complete sets of legal, technical, and financial documents for evaluation by the Review and Evaluation Committee (REC).

Each application shall cover only one predefined area of interest with the corresponding number of coal blocks as nominated and published.

Only exploration Work Program in the application for COC that conforms to the Work Program Documentation, as required under Item III.B of the Guidelines, shall be accepted.

  1. The submitted application must be in both paper and digital (USB Drive in Microsoft Word or *.pdf format) copies. Times New Roman 12 font and single line spacing are recommended. Figures shall be submitted in an appropriate format, no smaller than A3 size. For legibility, figures and maps shall be submitted at a larger scale (1:10,000) as appendices 
  2. A non-refundable application fee of Php 200,000.00 per area shall be paid by the applicant upon submission of the application and its supporting documents. Payment may be made in cash, manager/company cheque payable to the Department of Energy, or wire/bank transfer. All wire/bank transfers should be net of all applicable bank and finance charges.
  3. Both the original paper copy and the digital copy of the application shall be addressed to:

    The Chair
    PCECP Review and Evaluation Committee
    Department of Energy
    Energy Center, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City
    Taguig City, Metro Manila, 1632 Philippines

  4. The application may be sent by courier, registered mail, or hand delivered and must be stamped and received by the DOE Records Division not later than 1100H of the deadline for submission of documents and the REC shall open the submitted applications at 1300H on the same day.

C. Selection Process

The selection process shall follow the provisions of Department Circular No. DC2017-09-0010 dated13 September 2017, and its Annexes, a copy of which can be obtained from the REC Secretariat, ERDB, DOE.

For more information on the matter, interested Applicants may visit the DOE Website with the link https://www.doe.gov.ph/pcecp  or write a letter to The Chair, Review and Evaluation Committee or call (02) 8402254.

 

 

PCECP Coal Nominated Areas

Published on: Friday, 28 January 2022

NOMINATED AREA MAP

  • Click to view/download Nominated Area Map of Grand Thermal Power Corporation in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur and Trento, Agusan del Sur

TIMELINE

  • Publication date of Nominated Area–Day 1
  • Pre-Submission Conference – Day 1 plus twenty (20) calendar days
  • Deadline for the Submission of documents by Applicants - Sixty (60) calendar days from the date of publication by the nominating party
  • Opening of documents - Sixty (60) calendar days from the date of publication by the nominating party
  • The nominating party published the existence of their application in “Philippine Daily Inquirer” and "The Philippine Star" on14 January 2022
  • Pre-Submission Conference will be held on 03 February 2022
  • The nominating party and challengers must therefore submit their complete application documents at the DOE Records Management Division, and pay the corresponding application fee of Php 200,000.00 at the DOE Treasury Division, on or before 15 March 2022,1100H
  • Opening of application/bid documents will be held at the DOE Audio Visual Room on the same day as the submission deadline, that is on 15 March 2022,1300H

APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND EVALUATION, SELECTION & AWARDING PROCESS

  • For details of the application procedures, documentation requirements, and the evaluation, selection, and awarding
    process of Coal Operating Contracts, please refer to the PCECP Guidelines.