Conglomerates San Miguel Corporation and Metro Pacific Investment Corporation’s MP CALA Holdings Inc. are vying for the 35-year public-private partnership (PPP) contract to construct and operate the P55.51 billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Opening and evaluation of the technical proposals is scheduled on May 22, while the financial proposals will be opened on May 26. The notice of award for CALAX is expected to be issued to winning bidder by early July this year.
A single stage qualification and bidding was conducted for CALAX. It is in accordance with the procurement rules and procedures set in the Philippine Build-Operate-and-Transfer (BOT) Law.
The bid parameter for the project shall be the highest premium offered to the government, with floor price of Php 20.1 billion on top of the construction cost for the proposed expressway.
CALAX involves the financing, design and construction, operation and maintenance of the entire 4-lane, 44.63 km closed-system tolled expressway connecting CAVITEX and SLEX. It will start from the CAVITEX in Kawit, Cavite and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan, Laguna.
The project aims to decongest traffic in the Cavite and Laguna areas, and reduce travel time to/from Metro Manila to CALABARZON.
The project will have nine interchanges at Kawit, Daang Hari, Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Blvd., Technopark, and a Toll Barrier before SLEX.
