The BCDA identified the groups as: Megawide Construction Corp. and its Bangalore-based partner GMR Infrastructure Limited; Filinvest Development Corp.; Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC); San Miguel Holdings Corp.; Prime Asset Ventures Inc. (PAVI) of the Villar family; Central Luzon Infrastructure Consultancy Inc. Consortium; GVK Airport Developers Limited; and Aeroport de Paris.
The BCDA will hold one-on-one meetings with prospective bidders from May 21 to May 23.
The agency said the bid submission is scheduled on July 20, which will be followed by post-qualification on August 7.
The target awarding of the O&M contract is on August 30.
Aside from operating and maintaining the Clark airport for 25 years, the concessionaire will also have the rights to commercial development in the gateway’s new terminal building.
The seven large conglomerates that had bid for the country’s first airport deal under the public- private partnership (PPP) program could square-off once more for the 25-year contract to operate and maintain the CIA.
“We want to make sure we keep the most number of participants because this is the first hybrid PPP deal ever,” Joshua Bingcang, chairman of the BCDA Special Bids and Awards Committee said in a report on Monday.
Bingcang said about 23 firms, including Sojitz Philippines Corporation and the Dennis Uy-led Udenna Corp. attended the conference aside from the seven groups that bought bid documents.
The CIA, which is envisioned to be the next major gateway in the Philippines, is the first hybrid infrastructure project under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Bingcang explained that a hybrid deal means the government will fund the construction of an infrastructure project, while the O&M would be auctioned off to the private sector.
