By Louella D. Desiderio (The
Philippine Star) | Updated January 7, 2014 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) aims to finalize within the month
the terms of reference for the planned
rebidding of the two-hectare Macangcung service area along the
Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
“(We are) working to have the revised
terms of reference approved within this month,” BCDA Asset Disposition Program
Committee chair Nena Radoc said in a text message yesterday.
As the revision of the terms of
reference has yet to be completed, no definite date for the bidding of the
lease and development of the Macangcung service area has been set, she said.
The Macangcung service area is located
in the Clark-bound/north-bound direction of the Clark-Tarlac segment.
In September last year, the BCDA
conducted the bidding for the Macangcung service area and the two-hectare
Concepcion service area located in the south-bound direction of the
Clark-Tarlac segment.
Under the terms of reference used for
that bidding, the two lots would be leased out for 25 years, renewable for
another 25 years subject to the agreement of the BCDA and the winning bidder.
The minimum acceptable starting annual
fixed lease for each service area was set by the BCDA at P2.240 million.
The two lots should be developed to
have facilities such as a gas station, restrooms, parking slots, emergency
First Aid station, potable water and lighting system, emergency vehicle repair
shop and convenience stores.
The lease and development of the Concepcion
service area was awarded to Sea Oil Philippines Inc.
The Macangcung service area did not
receive any bids during the auction.
Radoc said earlier the BCDA is
studying the feedback of firms which had earlier expressed interest to
participate in the bidding for the Macangcung service area.
The 93.77-kilometer SCTEx was
constructed at a cost of P34.907 billion with the bulk or 78 percent of the
funding from a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the
balance accounted for by the BCDA.
The BCDA is mandated to transform
former military bases into alternative productive civilian use.
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