DPWH bids out portion of P15-B C. Luzon tollroad
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is bidding out the contract for civil works for a portion of the proposed P15-billion Central Luzon Link expressway (CLLEx) connecting Tarlac to Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija.
In an Invitation to Bid, the DPWH is inviting interested foreign and local companies to prequalify for the Package 4 of the Phase 1, the Cabanatuan section of the CLLEx project.
The package covers the construction of the 10.3-kilometer section of the proposed toll road, the San Juan and Cabanatuan interchanges, four bridge overpasses, five underpasses for local roads, four underpasses for farm passages, and embankment.
The procurement would be conducted through modified single stage - two envelopes” procedures wherein the prequalification documents as well as the technical and financial proposals would be submitted simultaneously.
The DPWH is set to hold a pre-bid conference on Aug. 11. The submission of prequalification documents as well as technical and financial proposals would be on Sept. 8.
The agency said the documents should be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of P60 million.
The first phase of the CLLEx project worth P14.9 billion would cover a 30.7-kilometer four-lane expressway stretching from Tarlac to Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija while the second phase worth P14.2 billion covers the construction and operation as well as maintenance (O&M) of a 23-kilometer two-lane expressway from Cabanatuan City to San Jose City also in Nueva Ecija under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.
CLLEx forms an important lateral (east-west) link of overall High Standard Highway network within the 200-kilometer radius from Metro Manila.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) would fund the construction of the 66.4-kilometer CLLEX while operation and maintenance would be under the PPP scheme.
The proposed expressway would start at the end of the 94-kilometer Subic Clark Tarlac expressway (SCTEX) up to the 88.85-kilometer Tarlac – Pangasinan – La Union expressway (TPLEx).