The Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has launched a request for expressions of interest (RFEOI) for the procurement of an independent consultant for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) terminal project.

The contract has an approved budget of P115.1 million (US$26.5 million).

The DOTC is in need of the services of an independent consultant to review the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance deliverables of the concessionaire under the PPP concession agreement.

The criteria for shortlisting is: applicable experience (45%), qualification of key personnel (45%), and current workload (10%).

Interested parties must submit their proposals on or before 5 August 2014.

DOTC and the consortium formed by India's GMR Infrastructure and local contractor Megawide Construction Corporation signed on 22 April 2014 the contract of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport terminal project.

The project included the construction of a new passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 8 million, the rehabilitation of the old terminal, and the operation of the whole airport facility for 25 years. Megawide and GMR aim to build an airport terminal that can accommodate 25 million passengers a year, more than three times the government requirement. Construction of the airport is expected to start on January 2015.