ABS-CBN News, 11 December 2013
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said all 7 bidders for the P17.5 billion Mactan-Cebu international airport expansion project have passed the technical evaluation.
DOTC spokesperson Michael Sagcal said the financial bids of the seven bidders for the country’s first public private partnership airport project will be opened on Thursday (December 12).
The DOTC had pre-qualified 7 groups for the project, namely:
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. – JG Summit airport consortium;
AAA Airport Partners led by the Ayala and Aboitiz groups;
Filinvest – CAI consortium which includes the operator of Singapore’s Changi airport;
San Miguel Corp. – Incheon Airport consortium;
First Philippine Airports consortium led by First Philippine Holdings Corp. and Infratil Asia Ltd.;
Premier Airport group led by SM Investments Corp., Citadel Holdings Inc. and the operator of Zurich (Switzerland) airport; and
GMR Infrastructure (operator of airports in India, Turkey, Maldives) – Megawide consortium.
The Mactan-Cebu airport project entails the construction of a new passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 8 million, the rehabilitation of the old terminal, and the operation of the whole airport facility.
