The Transportation Department said Thursday it deferred the bid submission for the operation and maintenance of Light Rail Transit Line 2 to April 4, 2016.
“In order to give ample time to for pre-qualified bidders to prepare their bids, please be informed that the deadline for submission of bids for the project shall be moved from March 8 to April 4, 2016,” the agency said.
The contract will last for 10 to 15 years, with the winning bidder given the right to maintain the existing 11 stations as well as the 4.2-kilometer Masinag extension.
The department said pre-qualified bidders requested for a change in the composition of consortium members and list of subcontractors.
Earlier shortlisted for the LRT 2 operations and management project under the public-private partnership scheme were Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. and SMRT Transport Solutions Consortium; D.M. Consunji Inc. and Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. Consortium; Light Rail Manila Holdings 2 Inc. (LRM2) Consortium of Ayala Corp., Metro Pacific Investments Corp., RATP TransDev Asia and RATPDevelopment SA; and San Miguel Holdings Corp. and Korea Railroad Corp. Consortium.