InterAksyon, 12 December 2014
By Darwin G. Amojelar
MANILA – The government has pushed back anew the timetable for the bidding of A public transport terminal project in southwest of Metro Manila.
According to a bid bulletin, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has moved the deadline of bids for the P2.5-billion Integrated Transport System (ITS) Southwest Terminal to December 22.
The deadline for bids was originally scheduled on December 1, but DOTC had moved it to the 12th of the same month.
One of the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) projects, the ITS-Southwest Terminal will be built on a 4.59-hectare area and will connect passengers coming from Cavite to transport services that serve the inner Metro Manila.
The project will include a passenger terminal building, arrival and departure bays, public information systems, ticketing and baggage handling facilities and park-ride facilities.
Transport Undersecretary Perpetuo Lotilla said the agency rescheduled the deadline after bidders requested for additional time to prepare bids.
The PPP Center earlier said 12 companies had expressed interest in the project namely, Ayala Corp, Ayala Land Inc, D.M. Wenceslao and Associates Inc, Egis Projects Philippines, Expedition Construction Corp, Filinvest Land Inc, Megawide Construction Corp, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp, Robinsons Land Corp, San Miguel Corp, States Properties Corp, and Vicente T. Lao Construction.
