Six groups interested in bidding for $2.34 bln Philippine airport deals-official
17/08/2015 10:05
MANILA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Six consortia have expressed
interest in bidding for two packages of Philippine airport
projects worth $2.34 billion and that are due to be operated
privately for 30 years, a government official said.
The bids are part of a programme to upgrade ageing
infrastructure in one of Asia's fastest growing economies, and
involve the central Bacolod-Silay and Iloilo International
airports and the Davao, Laguindingan and Bohol airport projects
in central and southern Philippines.
Cosette Canilao, head of the government's Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) Centre, told reporters the following consortia
had submitted pre-qualification documents. Binding bids will be
opened in January.
1. Metro Pacific Investments Corp MPI.PS in partnership
with Philippines Airports Management Co, a joint venture between
global airport operators Aéroports de Paris SA ADP.PA and TAV
Havalimanlari Holdings AS TAVHL.IS
2. San Miguel Corp SMC.PS
3. Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc AEV.PS and French firm
VINCI Airports SGEF.PA
4. India's GMR Infrastructure Ltd GMRI.NS and the
Philippines' Megawide Construction Corp MWIDE.PS
5. Japan's Sojitz Corp 2768.T , Japan Airport Terminal Co
Ltd 9706.T and Filinvest Group
6. Union Equities Corp.
JG Summit Holdings Inc JGS.PS , and Philippine Skylanders
Inc, which have had expressed interest in the project, did not
submit pre-qualification documents, Canilao said.
($1 = 46.3000 Philippine pesos)
(Reporting By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing
by Miral Fahmy)
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Keywords: PHILIPPINES AIRPORT/