MAKATI CITY

HALL PHASE 1
PARKING
BUILDING
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MAKATI CITY HALL
PARKING BUILDING

• Dubbed as a world-class
building.
• It is an 11-story building.
• The project was initiated
by Jejomar Binay in 2007
and was completed in
2012 with Jejomar Erwin
Binay Jr. as mayor in the
city.
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MAKATI CITY HALL
PARKING BUILDING
• The construction was
divided into five phases.

• Phase I of the Makati City

parking building was the
biggest project in the line-
up with a ₱400 million
approved budget contract
(ABC).
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MAKATI CITY HALL
PARKING BUILDING
• Three firms supposedly
submitted their bids –
Hilmarc’s Construction
Inc, ITP Construction Inc,
and J Bros Construction.
• Hilmarc’s price tag of
₱386,998,154.20 was
considered the lowest bid
and was awarded the
contract.
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 RED FLAGS IN MAKATI CITY HALL
PHASE 1 PARKING BUILDING

Collusion Among
01 Discrepancies 02 Bidders

03 No Participation 04 Favored Contractor

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01 Discrepancies

According to COA, actual

accomplishment for Phase 1 only
reached 13.91% compared to the
reported accomplishment of
100% on January 6, 2009.

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 Collusion Among Bidders 02

Documents from the Senate Blue Ribbon committee showed that Hilmarc’s
Construction outbid ITP and J Bros Construction for the Makati parking
building with the slimmest of margins.

Based on the table above, Hilmarc’s Construction beat J Bros Construction for
the Makati parking building by a mere ₱317,000 differebce in the bids.
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03 No Participation
In a letter submitted to the Senate Blue
Ribbon, J Bros Construction chief
operating officer, Alejandro Tengco,
denied the company’s participation in the
2007 bidding for the Makati parking
building Phase 1.

In addition, Tengco said that at the time

of the bidding, the company was not yet
qualified to participate since it had not
undertaken any project of similar
magnitude as required under the
Procurement Law. 8
 Favored
Contractor
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Based on available data, the Makati City
government is a regular client of Hilmarc’s
Construction. Data from Philippine Government
Procurement Electronic System (PhilGEPS)
showed that from 2009 to 2014, the company
bagged a total amount of ₱3.919 billion worth of
7 contracts from the Makati LGU.

In addition former Makati BAC vice chair Mario

Hechanova, , during a Senate hearing, said bid
fixing is “usual practice” in Makati.