The Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) has received pre-qualification documents from four firms to develop the Integrated Transport System (ITS) for the Cavite Southwest Terminal under the PPP scheme.

The four firms that are seeking to qualify are the following:

• Ayala Land Inc.;
• Datem, Inc.;
• Filinvest Land, Inc.; and
• MWM Terminals of Megawide Construction Corp.

According to sources, Robinsons Land Corporation and San Miguel Corporation had submitted a letter to DoTC to inform that they had decided not to submit pre-qualification documents for the project.

The terminal will connect passengers from Cavite to other transport systems such as the future Light Rail Transit Line 1 south extension to Bacoor as well as city bus, taxi, and other public utility vehicles plying Metro Manila.

The project includes the financing, design and construction of passenger terminal building, arrival and departure bays, public information system, ticketing and baggage handling facilities and park-ride facilities. The winning contractor will also operate and maintain the terminal for a period of 35 years.

The project will be implemented using a Build-Transfer-Operate (BOT) arrangement.

The total project investment is estimated at US$56 million. The contract has a total value estimated at P4 billion (US$88.8 million).

Eight PPP projects have been awarded under the government's flagship infrastructure PPP program., so far:

• Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Link Road;
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway;
• First phase of the PPP for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP);
• PSIP's second phase;
• Philippine Orthopedic Center modernization;
• Automatic Fare Collection System;
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport Passenger Terminal Building; and
• LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Operation & Maintenance.

• Integrated Transport System (ITS) Project-Southwest Terminal;
• ITS Project-South Terminal;
• Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project;
• New Centennial Water Source Project;
• LRT Line 2 Operations and Maintenance (O&M) PPP project;
• Cavite and Laguna (CALA) Expressway PPP project;