MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is set to hold a briefing session and one-on-one meetings with pre-qualified firms for the P2.34-billion New Bohol (Panglao) Airport which is part of the regional airports deal under the public-private partnership (PPP) program next month.
The DOTC said a briefing session for the New Bohol (Panglao) Airport would be held on Jan. 11, 2016 at 9 a.m. at the PPP Center in Quezon City.
The DOTC said the briefing session is open to the pre-qualified bidders to provide more information on the ongoing construction of the airport.
One-on-one meetings are also being held with the pre-qualified bidders from Jan. 11 to 13.
The DOTC has pre-qualified five groups for the regional airports project. These are: San Miguel Holdings Corp.-Incheon International Airport Consortium; Philippine Airports Consortium (Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Aeroports de Paris Management S.A. and TAV Havalimanlari Holdings A.S.); Maya Consortium (Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. and VINCI Airports); GMR-Megawide Consortium; and Filinvest-JATCO-Sojitz Consortium.
The P2.34 billion New Bohol (Panglao) Airport is part of Bundle 2 of the regional airports project along with the P40.57 billion Davao Airport and P14.62 billion Laguindingan Airport.
Bundle 1 meanwhile, covers the P20.26 billion Bacolod-Silay Aiport and P30.40 billion Iloilo Airport.