Cebu airport bidders given chance to change members

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is giving the prequalified bidders of the proposed P17.5 billion Mactan Cebu International Airport new passenger terminal project until the end of the month to change the composition of their groups.

DOTC Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco issued General Bid Bulleting 12 - 2013 allowing the seven prequalified bidders of the construction of a new terminal and renovation of the existing terminal at the country’s second largest international gateway until July 30 to change the members of their consortium.

Last May 15, DOTC’s bids and awards committee has prequalified the MPIC-JGS Airport consortium, the AAA Airport Partners, the Filinvest -CAI consortium, the SMC and Incheon Airport consortium, the First Philippine Airports consortium, the Premier Airport group, and the tandem of Indian-owned GMR Infrastructure and Megawide consortium.

First Pacific’s infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan has tied up with Gokongwei’s JG Summit Holdings Inc. to form MPIC JGS Airport Holdings Inc. that includes the ADLMS MCIA. The Group has tapped airport experts including French-owned Aeroports de Lyon and OVE Arup Group.

Other partners of the MPIC-JGS airport consortium are Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC), Leighton Contractors Philippines Inc., European construction firm Bouygues Batiment International, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd, EGIS Avia, Pascal+ Watson Ltd, Advanced Logistics Group, Prointec SA, Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd, Integrated Designs Associated Ltd, DP Architects Pte Ltd, and Woodhead Pte Ltd.

The AAA Airport Partners is led by the conglomerate Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Groups with consortium members including A2 Airport Partners as well as ADS & HAS Airports Worldwide Inc. The company has tapped Houston Airports Partners and the OVE Arup Group.

Partners include Aboitiz-owned Hedcor Sibulan Inc., Therma South Inc., AP Renewables Inc., Daewoo E&C Co Ltd, Ayala-owned Makati Development Corp., Obrascon Huarte Lain SA, Bouygues Batiment International, Ineco Ingeneria Y Economica del Transporte SA, Paymacotas Sau, Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd, Over Arup and Partners International Ltd, Integrated Design Associates Ltd, DP Architects Pte Ltd, CHZM Hill International Ltd, Corgan Associates Inc., and publicly-listed Aboitiz Equity Ventures.

The third group is the Filinvest-CAI Consortium led by Gotianun’s Filinvest Development Corp. and its foreign partner Changi Airports MENA (Middle East and  North Africa) Pte Ltd. Partners include Filinvest Land Inc., Filinvest Alabang Inc., Cyberzone Properties Inc., EEI Corp., Bougues Batiment International, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, Woods Bagot Pty Ltd, Meinhardt Philippines Inc., and Changi Airports Saudi Ltd.

On the other hand, SMC has tied up with International Airport Corp. to form the SMC-Incheon Airport consortium that includes SMC’s Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc., Incheon Airport International Corp., Mactan Capitana Holdings Inc., and Skylake Incuvest & Co. Partners are Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd, Keun Jeong Architects and Engineers Co Ltd, and Aecom Asia Co Ltd.

The First Philippine Airports is a tandem between FPHC and Wellington-based Infratil Asia Ltd. The group’s partners include Infratil’s Wellington International Airport Ltd and NZ Airports Ltd as well as Rockwell Land Inc., Fentress Architects Inc., Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Inc., OVE Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd, Mott Macdonald Ltd, and First Balfour Inc.

Sy’s Holding firm SM Investments Corp. leads the Premier Airport Group together with Citadel Holdings Inc., Zurich Airport International AG, and Prospector Investment Holdings Inc. Partners include mall developer and operator SM Prime Holdings Inc., construction giant DM Consunji Inc., and Flughafen Zurich AG.