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THE
bidding for the P6.47-billion Diosdado Macapagal
International Airport (DMIA) Terminal project has
attracted 11 interested proponents, including Asia’s
Emerging Dragon Corp. (AEDC) of Lucio Tan, Ayala Land
Inc. (ALI) and some foreign firms.
Aileen
Zosa, vice president of the Bases Conversion and
Development Authority (BCDA), said the 11 firms bought
the bidding’s terms of reference (TOR) worth P250,000
last month.
“When
they bought the TOR for that amount, it means that they
are really interested,” Zosa told the BusinessMirror.
Besides
the AEDC and ALI, among the other Filipino companies
that bought the TOR were F. F. Cruz, Philippine Regional
Investment Development Corp., Architect Leandro Locsin
and Partners, First Philippine Holdings and Synergy.
Zosa
said there are also two Korean firms and a Chinese
company. She said the 11 companies have been instructed
to submit their eligibility, financial and technical
documents on September 15.
Clark
International Airport Corp. (CIAC), a 100-percent
subsidiary of the BCDA, will then open the eligibility
documents first to determine the companies that will
proceed to the next phases of the bidding.
Zosa
said the winning bid will be known about a month later.
The DMIA
Terminal 2, which will sit on a 244,300-square-meter
lot, will have a capacity of 7 million passengers per
annum and will become the airport’s international
terminal once it becomes operational.
The
existing terminal, which has a capacity of 2 million
passengers per year, will become the domestic terminal.
Zosa
said the winning proponent will become a joint- venture
partner of CIAC for the project and will own a
70-percent share.
Upon
signing of the contract, the proponent will pay CIAC
P100 million up-front.
When the
terminal is already operating, the private partner will
pay CIAC the minimum guaranteed annual payment of P25
million if the passenger traffic is less than 3 million,
P50 million if the volume is 3 million to 3,999,999; P75
million if the passenger volume is 4 million to
4,999,999; and P100 million if the traffic is 5 million
and above.
The
winning bidder, Zosa said, will construct a
passenger-terminal building, an airport plaza, a
transport plaza, vehicle parking, ramp expansion and the
additional two-lane service road network of at least 4
kilometers.
The
joint-venture contract will be good for 30 years.
“This is
a part of the developments that we are pursuing under
the Subic-Clark Alliance and will greatly enhance the
potential of Central Luzon as a major tourism and
investment destination,” Zosa said.
The new
terminal is set for completion by January 2010. |
