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State-run Bases Conversion and Development
Authority has picked the winning bidder that will prepare the master plan for
the development of 36,000 hectares at Clark Special Economic Zone.
“Out of four bidders, the BCDA board
approved the consortium of Pros [Planning Resources and Operations Systems
Inc.] and Woodfields Consultants,” a reliable source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, told Manila Standard in a text message Wednesday evening.
The source said the consortium was
chosen because of its “highest rating and lowest offer.” The source, however,
refused to divulge other important details of the bidding process, especially
the offer amount of Pros and Woodfields.
The source also said the winning
bidder would be given until the end of the year to prepare the Clark master
plan.
The master plan is designed to
position Clark economic zone as one of the best investment destinations in
Southeast Asia.
Pros is a Quezon City-based company
engaged in architectural services while Woodfields Consultants Inc. is an
engineering company that provides services such as water resources engineering,
flood management and drainage improvement, water supply and sanitation,
environment management and solid waste management.
The consortium of PROS and Woodfields
beat three other companies that participated in the bidding process. These were architectural firm Palafox
Associates; Aecom Philippines, which is into masterplanning and architecture;
and a joint venture of Parsons and Fildravo (Filipinas Dravo Corp.), which is a
leading architectural and engineering consultancy firm.
BCDA set a minimum bid price of P26
million, when the bidding was announced in March this year.
BCDA president and chief executive
Arnel Paciano Casanova said in March that once the master plan was completed,
“it will make Clark a highly-integrated, high-tech green community where
Bonifacio Global City meets Silicon Valley amidst lush greenery.”
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