Local and international construction companies are invited to pre-qualify to bid to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway Phase II Project under the public-private partnership program of the government, The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced.
The invitation by the special bids and awards committee (SBAC) for the PPP projects of the DPWH, set Sept. 18 as the deadline for submission of qualification documents including bidding guidelines and project details for Phase I adjustment works, Phase II works, at-grade Entertainment City works and operations and maintenance.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson said they expected a good turnout of potential investors competing for the NAIA Expressway Phase II Project as a follow-up to the Daang Hari-Slex Link Road Project awarded to the Ayala Corp. last April under the build-operate-transfer scheme. NAIA Expressway Phase II Project is a four-lane elevated expressway with a total length of 7.15 kilometers including ramps.
The project will start at the existing Skyway and would follow the existing road alignments over Sales Avenue, Andrews Avenue, Domestic Road, and NAIA Road and has entry/exit ramps at   Boulevard, Macapagal Boulevard and Pagcor City.
The project provides access to NAIA Terminals I, II and III and links to  the Skyway and the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway. It will also link to the proposed elevated Nlex-Slex Connector Road and to the Metro Manila Skyway (Stage 3) extension to Araneta Avenue (C-3).
When completed, it will cut the average 24 minutes travel time from Skyway to NAIA Terminal 1 to eight minutes.
The project was approved by the National Economic Development Authority board on May 30 and was estimated to cost P15.52 Billion.
The government will finance the road right-of-way acquisition in the amount of P1.021 billion, while Pagcor license holders were willing to provide P 6.5 billion for the construction of the project.  A memorandum of agreement between DPWH and Pagcor has been signed.