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By Denise A. Valdez
The Authority of MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIAA) received a recommendation from the Department of Transportation (DoTr) of Accept the unsolicited proposal from the consortium of seven conglomerates to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
" Natanggap ho namin ang letter from DoTr giving us notice of the adoption of the proposal. Yan po ay dadaan sa plate. Ang Board ay magcoconvene his Huwebes to yan ay tatalakayin namin sa Council (We received a letter from the DoTr to adopt the proposal (from the NAIA consortium.) The board of directors of MIAA, Ed V. Monreal, said at a briefing to Clark Tuesday
said Secretary of Transportation Arthur P. Tugade in the same briefing, they forwarded the decision drafted by DoTr's Planning Division. to the MIAA as the primary agency responsible for NAIA
" Binigay namin sa MIAA yung recommendation to give an original developer status on the project. Final na ba yun? Hindi po Kasi kailangan aprubahan ng board of directors ration ng MIAA (We gave the MIAA the recommendation to give the status of promoter of origin to the project, is it definitive? No, because the MIAA board still has to approve it, "he said.
Monreal said that if the board approves the proposal, it will be forwarded back to the DoTr who will send it back to the Investment Coordinating Committee of the National Authority for Economic and Development [19659005] The unsolicited proposal of the consortium is to rehabilitate the congested Gateway of Manila. a period of 15 years for a cost of P105 billion to P106 billion.
The original version of his proposal concerned a 35 billion pesos concession for 35 years covering the construction of a third runway. Under-Secretary of State Manuel Antonio L. Tamayo told reporters in May that it had been adjusted in accordance with government requests.
The NAIA Consortium consists of seven of the country's best conglomerates: Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc.; AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp .; Alliance Global Group, Inc .; Emerging Dragon Corp. d & # 39; Asia; Filinvest Development Corp .; JG Summit Holdings, Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
His technical partner for the project is Changi Airports International Private Ltd. of Singapore.
Also competing to be the government concessionaire for the rehabilitation of NAIA is the tandem of Megawide Construction Corp. and the Indian company GMR Infrastructure Ltd., which submitted an unsolicited $ 18 billion proposal for 18 years after the consortium.
But Undersecretary for Planning Ruben S. Reinoso, Jr. told reporters that Megawide's proposal hold "until the proposal of the consortium is rejected, because that's the case. is what the law says. "
If the NAIA consortium obtains the status of Initial Promoter (OPS) for the rehabilitation project, its proposal will be subject to a Swiss challenge, under which third-party companies may attempt to match. However, he will have the privilege of countering the outstanding proposals since he owns the OPS
The Manila Airport has recorded a total of 42 million passengers handled in 2017, which is good more than its capacity to treat 30.5 million people a year.
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