Monday, May 19, 2014

BCDA bids out SCTEX service areas

The state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) announced  that it is bidding out two service areas along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) that is expected to enhance the convenience  of motorists plying the 94-kilometer toll road.

BCDA President Arnel Paciano D. Casanova said the BCDA is now inviting interested bidders to bid for the long-term lease and development of two separate lots along the SCTEX that will be  developed as service areas.

“We are looking for partners to develop the lots into service areas for the benefit of  the motorists plying the SCTEX,” Casanova said.

Casanova said the prescribed facilities and amenities of a service area would include gasoline station, rest rooms, sufficient and adequate parking slots, emergency First Aid station, potable water and lighting system, emergency vehicle repair shop and convenience stores.
He said that each of the  two service areas namely  the  Concepcion Service Area  and the  Macangcung Service Area consist of   two hectares. The lots are located in Brgy. Santiago, Concepcion, Tarlac. The  Concepcion Service Area is located at the Clark-bound/south-bound direction of the  Clark-Tarlac segment while the Macangcung Service Area is located at the  Clark-bound/north-bound direction of the  Clark-Tarlac segment.

Casanova said interested bidders could opt to bid for both lots or just one.

According to Casanova, the lease term for each lot shall be twenty-five years, renewable for another 25 years upon mutual agreement of the BCDA and the winning bidder.

For her part, BCDA chairperson of the Asset Disposition Program Committee Nena D. Radoc said  the minimum acceptable starting annual Fixed Lease for each service area would be
Two Million Two Hundred Forty Thousand Pesos, VAT-inclusive, effective on the second year of lease and subject to an annual escalation of five percent.

She said that upon contract signing, the winning bidder should pay BCDA the Fixed Lease for the three years covering years 2 to 4 of the lease term.
Radoc added that  starting on the fifth year of lease, the lease amount shall be the higher of either the fixed lease, as adjusted based on five percent  escalation rate per annum, or share in the revenues of the Lessee from its operations and sub-lessees’ revenues, equivalent to 2.5% of net sales plus 0.15% share of net sales of petroleum products and lubricants.

She said interested bidders could purchase the Terms of Reference (TOR) for a non-refundable fee of Fifty Thousand Pesos payable to BCDA in manager’s check from  08 to 19 August 2013 at the BCDA Corporate Center, 2nd Floor Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st Street, Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. The TOR may also be viewed in the BCDA website at www.bcda.gov.ph.

She added that a Pre-Bid Conference, in which the property, TOR, and inquiries from interested bidders would be held on 20 August 2013, 10:00 a.m. at the BCDA Corporate Center.

No comments:

Post a Comment