Decentralized evaluation of contractor’s licenses

The Philippine Contractor’s Accreditation Board (PCAB) of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippine (CIAP), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, is decentralizing the evaluation of contractor’s license through the CIAP Window in Cebu this year.

CIAP’s Window Cebu services include pre-screening and evaluation of application for a contractor’s license, acceptance of complaints or cases, staff logistics, coordination support during hearings and orientation on mediation for small claims and information dissemination and promotion, acceptance of new and renewal application prior to registration/ authorization.

The decentralization of the evaluation process aims to provide more access and faster transaction of the contractors from Central Visayas to easily avail of the service. Through this facility, contractors need not travel to Manila to transact business, saving time and reducing cost of doing business.

For the period January to March 2018, 215 applications were evaluated and forwarded to CIAP Makati for approval. This is a 51 percent increase compared to January- March 2017.

About 68 percent (146/215) of the applications were approved while 32 percent or 69 applications are still being processed. All applications filed in January and February 2018 were already approved but there are still pending applications for March. /