1.    The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) intends to select a Private Sector Partner for the Management, Operations and Maintenance of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) (the “Project”).

2.    The Private Sector Partner shall be responsible for the operational funding requirements for SCTEX including insurance and the provision of the following services, among others: Management Services; Toll Collection; Traffic Safety and Security Management; Toll Road Maintenance, including Greenery and Landscaping, and all Necessary Support Services.

3.    It shall provide BCDA a semi-annual lease/concession fee amounting to the peso equivalent of the yen-denominated JICA loan as well as all financing charges, payable to BCDA 10 days prior to its due dates, or twenty percent (20%) of the audited gross toll revenues, whichever is higher.  

4.    The Terms of Reference (TOR) shall be made available to prospective bidders from 26 October to 6 November 2009, between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the address given below, upon payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (PhP250,000.00) payable to BCDA in Cash.  


5.    A Pre-bid Conference shall be held on 10 November 2009 at BCDA Corporate Center, 2/F Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st Street, Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, to discuss the TOR, and other issues that may be raised by the prospective bidders.

6.    The BCDA reserves the right to accept or reject any Proposal, to annul the selection process, and to reject all Proposals at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Proponent/s.

7.    Interested parties may obtain further information from:


or they can contact Mr. Rolando C. Manalo thru telephone numbers 816-6666/816-1089; email address: rcmanalo@bcda.gov.ph.

         
(sgd.) VICTOR V. ZABLAN
Chairperson, ADP Committee