Manila Water released PHP 15.60 billion of purchase and job orders to 816 vendors in 2025, against PHP 25.58 billion and 775 vendors in 2023. Over the same years its capital spending kept rising, reaching PHP 28.23 billion in FY2025.
One gate for every supplier
The company says all vendors go through accreditation and pre-qualification against financial, technical and environmental standards, with re-accreditation and ongoing monitoring. Its 2025 Integrated Report says vendor processes run on an automated Ariba platform under a Vendors' Code of Conduct. Vendors can raise questions through a Vendor 360 channel and a Vendors' Forum.
Where the money is going
East Zone spending was PHP 23.64 billion of the FY2025 total. Two treatment plants adding 420 MLD had no announced start-up as of 3 November 2026: the 220 MLD Kaysakat plant, a PHP 5.44 billion project, and the 200 MLD East Bay Phase 2 plant. A third Wawa phase of 218 MLD was in pre-works at end-2025.
Sewerage is the other long programme. The franchise requires 100% water and combined sewerage and sanitation coverage by 2037. Sewer connections rose from 318,385 in FY2024 to 380,254 in FY2025, and 138,902 septic tanks were desludged in 2025.
Not a like-for-like comparison
The company counts only orders released in each period, so the fall in procurement spend cannot be read directly against capital spending. First-half 2026 capital expenditure was PHP 6.80 billion.
The full brief sets out who holds the major contracts, which projects are confirmed, emerging or strategic, where suppliers should focus first and what to watch through the 2028 rate rebasing. The full report, Manila Water Company, Inc.: Utility Account Brief, is available for USD 499. For a free overview, read the Manila Water Company, Inc. Utility Snapshot.