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PPA seeks bidders to build Coron cruise port
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P425 million has been allotted for the project
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Works will include construction of a port operational area and a pontoon barge
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A pre-bid conference will be held on April 28
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Deadline for submission and opening of bids will be on May 11
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is inviting bidders to construct a cruise port in Coron, Palawan.
In an invitation to bid, PPA said the project has a P425 million budget from the agency’s 2022 corporate budget. Bids in excess of the budget will automatically be rejected.
The project includes building a port operational area and a pontoon barge.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the 2016 revised implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act No. 9184, or the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the project. The project must be completed within 540 calendar days from the date the notice to proceed is issued to the winning bidder.
A pre-bid conference will be held on April 28 while the deadline of submission as well as opening of bids will be on May 11.
PPA last year said it has expanded Coron port to address the demand for cruise tourism as well as improvement in cargo volumes due to increasing need for supplies from the growing number of foreign and local tourist arrivals.
As COVID-19-related restrictions continue to ease, the agency said it expects the number of travellers to and from Palawan to eventually return to pre-pandemic levels.
PPA is also completing the Port Operations Building at Coron port to further improve the transaction and travel experience of passengers.
The PPA terminal management office of Coron recorded 16,788 passengers in 2021, down 85.7% from 117,440 in 2020.
