The deadline for submitting bid proposals for five Philippine airport projects costing a total of P108.19 billion has been extended, according to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
In General Bid Bulletin No. 25-2016, Atty. Camille Alcaraz told pre-qualified bidders that the submission date for bids, which was earlier scheduled for February 29, will be moved forward 30 calendar days from the issuance of the final concession agreement and instruction to bidders.
Alcaraz, who is the pre-qualification bids and awards committee member-secretary and assistant secretary for procurement, added that a separate bid bulletin will be issued confirming the new bid submission date.
The regional airports project, under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme, has attracted five pre-qualified bidders: San Miguel Holdings Corp.-Incheon International Airport Consortium; Philippine Airports Consortium; Maya Consortium; GMR Infrastructure and Megawide Consortium; and Filinvest-JATCO-Sojitz Consortium.
The development and operation and maintenance (O&M) of the five regional airports will be bid out in two bundles: Bundle 1 includes the P20.26-billion Bacolod-Silay Airport Project and P30.40-billion Iloilo Airport Project; bundle 2 covers the P40.57-billion Davao Airport Project, P14.62-billion Laguindingan Airport Project, and P2.34-billion New Bohol Airport Project.
Winning concessionaires for each bundle will handle the airports’ O&M for 30 years as well as their expansion with most now operating beyond capacity.
The project is one of the PPP programs exempt from the ban on spending public funds and carrying out construction of public works during the election season.
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