A prebid conference for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 operations and maintenance (O&M) public-private partnership (PPP) project is scheduled this week.
According to the PPP Center, the prebid conference will be held at the International Finance Corp. office in Taguig City on Wednesday.
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has, meanwhile, invited prequalified bidders to attend the conference.
Meetings with the prequalified bidders for the project will take place from Wednesday to Friday.
To date, prequalified bidders for the project are Aboitiz —SMRT Transport Solutions consortium, DM Consunji Inc.—Tokyo Metro Co.; Ltd. Consortium; Light Rail Manila Holdings 2 Inc. (which is composed of Ayala Corp., Metro Pacific Investments Corp., RATP TRANSDEV Asia, and RATP Development SA); and San Miguel Corp.—Korail consortium.
Under the contract, the winning bidder is expected to undertake the operation and maintenance of the existing LRT Line 2, the 4.14-kilometer East Extension, and any other future extensions implemented by the government during the project’s term.
The project will have a cooperation period covering 10 to 15 years.
Submission of bid proposals for the project is on November.