DOTC sets Nov 4 deadline for P4-B FTI terminal

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is giving interested bidders of the proposed P4 billion integrated transport terminal until Nov. 4 to submit their qualification documents for the public private partnership (PPP) project.

Jose Perpetuo Lotilla, DOTC Undersecretary and head of the prequalification bids and awards committee, said interested companies are being given ample time or 21 days from the issuance of responses to their queries to prepare their qualification documents for the Integrated Transport System (ITS) – South Terminal at the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) compound in Taguig City. 

“In confirmation of GBB 04-2014 issued last Oct. 1, the qualification documents submission date will be held on Nov. 4. The opening of bids shall be held immediately after the deadline fo the submission of bids,” Lotilla said.

Companies that expressed interest to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the ITS-South Terminal designed to serve passengers coming from Laguna and Batangas were earlier given until Oct. 6 to submit their qualification documents for the PPP project.

Companies that bought bid documents for the project include diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp., property giant Ayala Land Inc., Filinvest Group of taipan Andrew Gotianun, Filipino-owned Megawide Construction Corp., and Datem Construction.

The terminal would connect passengers from the Laguna and Batangas side to other urban transport systems such as the proposed North-South Commuter Rail of the Philippine National Railways, city buses, taxis, and other public utility vehicles that serve inner Metro Manila.

The project would include a passenger terminal building, arrival and departure bays, public information systems, ticketing and baggage holding facilities as well as park-ride facilities.

Earlier, the DOTC postponed by 30 days the Sept. 29 deadline for the submission of qualification documents for the P2.5-billion ITS -Southwest Terminal project situated in a 2.9-hectare property located at the Coastal Road Terminal along the Manila-Cavite Expressway.

Several companies have expressed interest in the terminal that would connect passengers coming from Cavite to other urban transport systems such as the future Light Rail Transit line 1 (LRT) South Extension to Bacoor in Cavite, city bus, taxi, and other public utility vehicles plying Metro Manila.