PPP center sets pre-bid conference for P158 B projects

MANILA, Philippines - The Aquino administration has scheduled pre-bid conferences this week to drum up investor interest in major Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects worth P158 billion.

The PPP Center is set to hold the pre-bid conference for the five regional airport projects worth P108.2 billion of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on April 7, and the P50.2 billion Regional Prisons facilities project of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 8.

The DOTC has divided the five regional airports into two bundles to attract more investors in the dual-stage bidding process.

The first bundle consists of the P20.26 billion Bacolod – Silay airport and the P14.62 billion Laguindingan airport, while the second bundle cover the P40.57 billion Davao airport, the P30.4 billion Iloilo airport, and the P2.34 billion New Bohol (Panglao) airport.

The DOTC is giving interested companies until May 19 to submit their qualification documents for the PPP airport projects.

On the other hand, the Justice department is pursuing the construction of a state-of-the-art regional prison facility worth P50.2 billion in Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.

The DOJ is inviting interested parties to submit applications to pre-qualify and bid for the design, financing, construction, and maintenance of a modern prison facility.

The agency has set the deadline for submission of qualification documents for the PPP project on May 6.

Both projects are part of the 12 PPP projects worth P383.8 billion so far rolled out by the Aquino administration.

Other projects include the P123 billion Laguna Lakeshore expressway dike project, the rebidding of the P55.51 billion Cavite – Laguna expressway, the P24.4 billion Bulacan Bulk Water Supply project, the P18.72 billion New Centennial Water Source – Kaliwa dam project, and the P4 billion integrated transport system – South Terminal.

The Aquino administration has already awarded nine PPP projects since 2010 with a total indicative cost of P136.37 billion.

These include the government has awarded the Daang Hari – South Luzon expressway link road (P2 billion), PPP for School Infrastructure Project phase 1 (P8.86 billion), the PSIP-2 (P16.28 billion), the modernization project for the Philippine Orthopedic Center (P5.98 billion), the Ninoy Aquino International Airport expressway (P15.52 billion), the automated fare collection system project (P1.72 billion), the Mactan – Cebu international airport expansion project (P17.5 billion), the Light Rail Transit line 1 Cavite extension project (P65 billion), and the Integrated Transport System ITS – Southwest Terminal (P3.15 billion).