By Lawrence
Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 1, 2013 - 12:00am
MANILA,
Philippines - The Aquino administration is set to award the P10-billion
contract for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport project in September to cope
with the growing number of tourists using the gateway to enter the country.
The
Department of Transportation and Communications and Mactan-Cebu International
Airport Authority has invited prospective bidders to apply to pre-qualify and
bid for the construction of a new passenger terminal; rehabilitation and
expansion of the existing terminal; operation, maintenance and management of
the terminals.
The project
involves the construction of the new passenger terminal, apron for the new
passenger terminal, rehabilitation and expansion of the existing terminal,
installation of all the required equipment and other associated facilities,
installation of the required information technology and other equipment
commensurate with the operations as well as operation and maintenance of both
the new and existing passenger terminals.
The
pre-qualification, bids, and awards committee (PBAC) is set to hold a
pre-qualification conference on Jan. 28 and prospective bidders are required to
submit their qualification documents on or before Feb. 28.
The PBAC
would then require pre-qualified bidders to submit both technical and financial
proposals, a bid security, as well as other supporting documents on Aug. 2 that
would be evaluated by the committee.
The PBAC
would first review the bidders’ technical proposals afterwhich the committee
would then evaluate the financial proposals of bidders whose technical
proposals were rated passed.
The committee
would then issue the notice of award to the winning bidder in Sept. 17 and the
winner would have to comply with all the requirements within 20 days from
official receipt of the notice.
Based on a
PPP Center briefing paper, the Mactan-Cebu airport project involves the
construction of a world-class passenger terminal building with a capacity of
eight million passengers a year as well as the operation and maintenance of the
old and new facilities.
The
Mactan-Cebu international airport is situated in a 797-hectare property and has
a single 3,300 meter runway that is complemented by a full-length taxiway.
The terminal
building has a capacity of handling 4.5 million passengers annually on two
wings, the domestic wing and the international wing. It is a major trade center
in the south for both domestic and international traffic.
The passenger
traffic for year 2011 was around 6.2 million passengers. The deterioration in the level of convenience
and lack of ability to handle more passengers may hinder further
development and growth of international
airport.
To solve the
problem, DOTC is set to bid a contract for the construction of a new
world-class passenger terminal building with a capacity of about eight 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 with an initial investment of P10.3 billion and a future expansion
of P12 billion.
Several
companies including diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp., the tandem of
Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. as well as Metro Pacific
Investments Corp. have expressed interest in the airport project.
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