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The Philippine Ports Authority is bidding out the port terminal management contract for Tacloban Port in Leyte
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The 15-year concession contract covers management and operation of cargo-handling, roll-on/roll-off, and other related services at Tacloban port
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The minimum concession fee for the project is P1.079 billion
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Bidders must have at least a two-year experience in cargo handling, passenger terminal building, and Ro-Ro operations
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A pre-bid conference for the project will be held on May 31; deadline for submission of bids is June 14
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is seeking bidders for the port terminal management contract of Tacloban Port in Leyte.
In an invitation to bid, PPA said the 15-year concession contract covers the management and operation of cargo-handling, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro), and other port-related services at Tacloban port.
The project involves stevedoring services, bagging services, passenger terminal management, Ro-Ro cargo services, porterage services, storage management, waste and shore reception facility management, water distribution services, weighbridge facility, and ancillary and other related services.
The minimum concession fee for the project is P1.079 billion, with a minimum concession fee of P50.023 million for the first year of the contract. All concession fee amounts are exclusive of all taxes. Bids below the minimum concession will be automatically rejected.
Bidders should submit a letter of intent and must have at least two years of experience in cargo handling, passenger terminal building (PTB), and Ro-Ro operations.
The bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in PPA Administrative Order (AO) No. 12-2018, as amended.
AO 12-2018 provides guidelines for selecting and awarding contracts under PPA’s Port Terminal Management Regulatory Framework (PTMRF), which outlines the new rules for terminal management contracts.
The guideline aims to ensure port services to be provided will meet global standards and the selection of port terminal management contracts is competitive and transparent.
PTMRF, provided under AO 03-2016, seeks to provide higher quality port service by promoting private sector participation. Under this framework, investments in ports are to be categorized into six tiers, ranging from a fully private concession to a fully PPA-managed port, to make it easier to determine the investment arrangements of a port.
A pre-bid conference for the port project will be held on May 31. Deadline for submission of bids, as well as the opening of bids, is June 14.
Tacloban port, which was hit by supertyphoon Yolanda in 2013, was one of the ports that underwent repair and upgrade. Under the Port Management Office of Eastern Leyte/Samar, the port handles domestic and foreign cargoes. In the first quarter of 2021, it handled 289,188 metric tons of cargoes, higher than the 256,016 MT recorded in the same quarter last year.
Aside from Tacloban port, PPA earlier also opened bidding for the port terminal management contracts of Puerto Princesa, Ormoc, Tabaco, Legazpi, Zamboanga, Iligan, Ozamiz, and Calapan.
PPA general manager Jay Daniel Santiago early last March said they are privatizing operations of ports managed by PPA. He said bidding for the port terminal management contract of Puerto Princesa port is over and bids are currently undergoing post-evaluation.
The processing of bids for the port terminal management contracts of Legazpi, Tabaco, and Ormoc ports has been completed. – Roumina Pablo
