GMA News, 16 April 2013

Nine consortia submitted eligibility documents on April 12 to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) to participate in the bidding for the P1.72-billion Contactless Automatic Fare Collection System public-private partnership project for the LRT and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), the DOTC said on Tuesday.

“We are very pleased with the investor turnout for the AFCS project.  Serious players from the transportation, IT, banking, and retail industries – both local and foreign – all came out to seek pre-qualification to participate in the bidding of the project,” it said.

The consortia are:

  • AF Consortium of BPI Card Finance Corp., Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc., AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., and NTT Data Corp.;
  • Comworks Consortium of Comworks, Inc., Philippine Gaming Management Corp., Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp., Acer, Inc., Infochamp Systems, Corp., and Berjaya Philippines, Inc.;
  • E-Trans Solutions Joint Venture, Inc. Consortium of Tera Investments, Inc., Eastwest Banking Corp., Sagesoft Solutions, Inc., Pilipinas Micro-Matrix Technology (PMT Joint Venture), Inc., and Pulsar Avancer Technologie, Inc.;
  • Lamco Consortium of Lamco Paper Products Co., Inc., New San Jose Builders, Inc., Landbank of the Philippines, and NEC Philippines, Inc.;
  • Mega Lucky United Consortium of Asia United Bank Corp., Dignitas Equity, Mega Cellular Network, Inc., and Gravitas 777;
  • Megawide-Suyen-Eurolink Consortium of Megawide Construction Corp., Suyen Corp., and Eurolink Network International Corp.;
  • MTD-PRLM Consortium of MTD Capital BHD and Puregold Realty Leasing and Management, Inc.;
  • San Miguel Transport Solutions Consortium of Optimal Infrastructure Development, Inc., Catchweight Holdings, Inc., Deltacrest Holdings, Inc., and Allcard Plastics Philippines, Inc.; and
  • SM Consortium of SM Investments Corp., BDO Capital and Investment Corp., Advanced Card Systems, Ltd., and Pentacapital Investment Corp.

The joint DOTC-LRTA pre-qualification, bids, and awards committee will have at most 25 days from April 12 to evaluate the submissions and announce which groups made the shortlist. The bidding for the contract is scheduled  for the third quarter of the year. — BM, GMA News