Panglao
Airport bidding
moved anew by MIAA
The
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Manila International Airport Authority
(MIAA) again rescheduled the much-awaited bidding for the Panglao Bohol International
Airport to February 11, instead of last Friday.
The
MIAA-BAC was supposed to hold the dropping of bid proposals from qualified contractors
last Friday but three interested bidders reportedly requested for an extension
to comply with bidding requirements.
Provincial
administrator, Atty. Handel Lagunay told the Chronicle that there is nothing unusual
in the extension granted by the BAC to the three interested firms and the committee
evidently considers the request of these prospective bidders reasonable.
It
may be recalled that the deadline for the dropping of bid documents was originally
set last January 25.
Surprisingly,
the MIAA-BAC moved the deadline to February 5 amid allegations that a contractor
has been favored to bag the first phase of the project amounting P1.52 billion.
Based
on information relayed by MIAA project management officer Engr. Llewellyn Villamor
to the provincial government, the deadline extension allows all interested contractors
to make sure that all bid documents are in order.
| | | Gov.
Erico Aumentado said the MIAA assured him that the bidding will be open, publicly
transparent and competitive.
The
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordinating Committee
approved the revised cost of the Panglao Airport of P7.54 billion.
The
MIAA is the lead funding agency of the project together with the Department of
Transportation and Communications. | SUSPICIOUS
AND DUBIOUS
The
CM Pancho Construction Inc. challenged the accusation of project "rigging"
hurled by the Corruption Watch Philippines (CWP).
The
press statement of CWP is both suspicious and dubious, according to Eloy Bello
IV and Winston Esguerra of JG Law office based in Makati, representing the construction
firm.
Bello
said the report of CM Pancho Construction, Inc. as blacklisted by the World Bank
is "totally unrelated to the bidding for the construction of the Panglao
Bohol International Airport".
For
his part, Gov. Aumentado said CM Pancho Construction, Inc. had proven good performance
in the execution of the Bohol Circumferential Road Project.
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