GMA News, 18 April 2013
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) expects foreign firms to partner with local companies to bid for the P17.5-billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport public-private partnership (PPP) project next week.
“Based on our requirements, Philippine companies will have to partner with established airport operators from other countries. This will benefit our domestic air transport industry, as technology transfer will give local players the opportunity to learn from more advanced and more experienced airport operators,” it said in a statement Thursday.
The DOTC and Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority’s joint prequalification, bids and awards committee will accept and open the eligibility documents of the prospective bidders on Monday.
The airport is situated on a 797-hectare property and has a 3,300-meter runway complemented by a full-length taxiway.
The PPP Center described the Build-Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer (BROT) project as involving “the construction of a new world-class passenger terminal building in MCIA, with a capacity of about 8 million passengers per year; and the operation of the old and new facilities. The construction of a new world-class passenger terminal, including all related facilities, is proposed to separately cater to domestic and international operations.”
The pre-qualification, bids, and awards committee revised the project’s bidding guidelines to allow the limited participation of airline owners who were previously prevented from the bidding in the project.
The new guidelines allows airline companies, their subsidiaries, affiliates, and parent companies to have a limited 33-percent stake in the entities that would qualify for the project. — BM, GMA News
