AUCTION for the P2.2-billion Integrated Terminal System Southwest Terminal public-private partnership project has been pushed back by a month to allow bidders to finalize their tenders for the contract.
Transportation Undersecretary for Legal and Procurement Jose Perpetuo M. Lotilla said in a bid bulletin that the bid submission date, originally set on May 15, for the multibillion-peso deal was moved to June 16, 1 p.m. at the agency’s headquarters in Mandaluyong City.
This is “in order to give ample time for the bidders to prepare for a competitive tender,” Lotilla said.
Twelve firms are participating in the bidding for the contract to develop a facility to connect passengers coming from Cavite to Metro Manila transportation systems, such as the Light Rail Transit Line 1, city buses, taxis and other public utility vehicles.
The interested parties are: D.M. Wenceslao and Associates Inc., Ayala Land Inc., Ayala Corp., Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., San Miguel Corp., Vicente T. Lao Construction, Egis Projects Philippines, Robinsons Land Corp., Filinvest Land Inc., Megawide Construction Corp., States Properties Corp. and Expedition Construction Corp.
The single-stage auction is open to both local and foreign groups that, among others, should have completed a development project with a cumulative cost of P2 billion or a cumulative capacity of 300 parking bays in the last 10 years.
The project will include a passenger terminal building, arrival and departure bays, public information systems, ticketing and baggage handling facilities and park-ride facilities.
Based on a tentative timeline, the winning concessionaire will receive the notice of award by July and signing of the concession agreement is set on September this year.
The winning bidder could start the construction of the project by October this year and the terminal should be operational by May 2016.
14 April 2014
By Lorenz Marasigan
