📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
Malolos–Clark Railway Project (Tranche 2)
Project Number
52083-003
Country / Economy
Philippines
Project Status
Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance
Loan
Source of Funding / Amount
Loan 4589-PHI: Malolos-Clark Railway Project
Ordinary capital resources US$ 1,450.00 million
Sector / Subsector
Transport / Rail transport (non-urban)
Gender
Effective gender mainstreaming
Description
Tranche 2 is aligned with the facility's impact: local, national, and international connectivity improved. It will have the following outcome: transport efficiency and capacity along the Manila-Clark corridor improved.
The project will deliver two outputs. Tranche 2 will finance the following outputs:
(i)Output 1: New railway line commissioned. Tranche 2 will finance the remaining part of the expenditures for the construction of an elevated double-track railway lines totaling 53.1 km, including the 51.2 km Malolos-Clark-CIA section (Malolos-Clark section), and the 1.9 km Solis-Blumentritt section (Blumentritt extension) linking the project to the existing rail-based public urban transport system in Manila. The Tranche 2 financing includes (a) construction of a depot near CIA for the maintenance of rolling stock and fixed assets, with a training center for railway staff and an operation control center; and (b) seven stations integrating design features that are accessible and safe for the elderly, women, children, and people with disabilities.
(ii)Output 2. Institutional capacity strengthened. The tranche will finance the component for the strengthening of DOTr's institutional capacity. The component will (a) start the training program for DOTr staff, of whom 50% are women, in procurement, project and contract management, railway operation, and asset management; (b) establish a system to manage the document and funding flow among all parties involved in project implementation, including technical staff; and (c) fulfill the government's gender and development mandates to ensure the provision of quality railway services to women and marginalized people.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
The MFF comprises three tranches, subject to the government's submission of periodic financing requests, execution of the loan agreement for each tranche, and fulfillment of terms and conditions and undertakings in the framework financing agreement. Each tranche finances slices of already awarded long-term contract packages according to the indicative tranche schedule. The requested amount of each tranche is based on disbursement progress and projections. Tranche 1, comprising a regular ordinary capital resources loan of $1,300 million, financed the first slice of the project and is scheduled to close on 31 December 2025. The delivery of outputs under the MFF has been satisfactory and is on track to be completed by 2029. Under Tranche 2, the general consultant and construction supervision consultant engaged in Tran
