📋 Tender Overview
A glimmer of hope shines in the local government units LGU of Caraga after the Regional Project Advisory Board RPAB approved the endorsement of the six additional subprojects for the prioritization run under the DA-Philippine Rural Development Project Additional Financing DA-PRDP-AF. After the presentation of documents proving that the projects were suitable and essential in the area the local government units LGUs of Tago San Agustin and Cantilan Surigao del Sur Bayugan City provincial government of Agusan del Sur and Placer Surigao del Norte received a resounding YES from members of the RPAB. The LGU of Tago proposed the concreting of Kinabigtasan-Lindoy FMR with Concrete Bridge amounting to P184M. This would benefit 9142 residents including 308 IPs who farm rice coconut corn soybeans and abaca. For LGU San Agustin the proposed Construction of Buhisan-Manumnum FMR amounting to P84M will be the lone road in the area of Buatong and Buhisan. The 3226 residents who primarily farm rice lanzones abaca banana and root crops will generally benefit from the said project. If realized the project would reduce hauling costs save travel time and increase the traffic rate in the area. Likewise the concreting of Mahapag-Bucac-Marcelina FMR proposed by the Province of Agusan del Sur having a 4.79km distance worth P60M will cover a 2712-hectare influence area. The road will make life easier for rubber rice coconut and banana farmers since the FMR will reduce 10 transportation cost and 50 travel time. From land to sea Placer SDN advocates the establishment of the 30 Ton Ice plant with an Ice Storage Facility amounting to P58.4 to support their Tuna industry. The LGU ranks 1st in the landing sites of tuna with an annual production estimate of 10116.43mt. Such produce made a high demand to process and commercialize their tuna. With this the P30M worth additional ice plant would help them in Tuna preservation. A fishery proposal is also proposed by Cantilan with the construction of the three units of Watch Tower costing P17M. The alarming overfishing and climate change issues pushed the LGU to come up with the project. Cantilan also envisioned alleviating and improve the average living condition of the fisherfolk-beneficiaries by encouraging sustainable fishing. It would then benefit 1380 fisherfolks.Lastly Barangay Tinago of Cantilan raised that the water system in the community should be improved since it can only serve 7 households out of the 243 homes. Moreover this would help uplift the lifestyle of the predominant coconut farmers in the community. The water system amounts to P9M. Careful deliberation Members of the RPAB namely the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council Department of Trade and Industry Department of Agrarian Reform Department of Public Works and Highways Mindanao Development Authority National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Department of the Interior and Local Government deliberately clarified the intentions and importance of the proposals to the community. Despite the intense deliberations the RPAB chaired by DA Caraga Regional Executive Director Abel James I. Monteagudo signed the resolutions approving the subprojects under the Intensified Building-Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development I-BUILD component for endorsement to the DA-PRDP National Project Coordination Office for further evaluation. If approved the subprojects will receive a No Objection Letter 1 NOL1 which would indicate that the project has been funded and should proceed to the implementation of the subproject. Zenny G. Awing DA-PRPD13PIA Caraga
