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MPIC, Ayala, SMC, Sy vie for MRT-LRT ticketing system

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The 9 business groups advancing to the next stages of project bidding include Andrew Gotianun, Lucio Co and partners that include retailers, banking and telecommunication units, and technology firms

FARE COLLECTION. The national government intends to improve fare collection in the LRT and MRT through the P1.72 bilion-worth Automatic Fare Collection System project. Photo obtained from the PPP Center

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s largest conglomerates are among the 9 groups that have been submitted documents to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to qualify for the P1.72 billion automated ticketing system for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT).

On Friday, April 12, DOTC undersecretary Jose Perpetuo Lotilla said the business groups include companies affiliated to the Sy, Ayala, Andrew Gotianun, Lucio Co, groups, as well as those led by Manuel V. Pangilinan. Their partners include retailers, banking and telecommunication units, and technology firms.

Initially, some 34 firms bought pre-qualification documents for this Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project. 

The MRT-LRT single ticket is envisioned to be like Hong Kong’s Octopus Card, which serves as a debit card, aside from being a stored-value train ticket, which could be used for other modes of transportation such as buses, paying toll, electronic banking, and even shopping.

The seemless interconnection the project would provide would remove the need to buy separate tickets for separate lines.

They groups that are advancing to the next stages of project bidding are:

1. MPIC and Ayala consortium

The tandem of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Ayala Corp. is bidding for the project through AF Consortium. Both groups previously agreed to bid together in all the rail projects auctioned by the government.

The AF Consortium is composed of:

  • BPI Card Finance Corp.
  • MPIC
  • Smart Communications Inc.
  • Globe Telecom Inc.
  • AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp.
  • NTT Data Corp.

Its partners include Bank of Philippine Islands. (BPI), Cubic Transport Systems (Australia) Pte Ltd, Smart International Pte Ltd, Octopus Transactions Ltd, MSI Global, Accenture Inc., IntraSystems SA

2. SM group

The consortium of retail magnate Henry Sy is led by

  • SM Investments Corp. (SMIC)
  • BDO Capital Investment Corp.
  • Advanced Card Systems Inc.
  • Penta Capital Investments Corp.
  • SM Retail Inc.
  • GoldSign Data Co. Ltd.
  • BDO Unibank Inc.

3. San Miguel Corp.

San Miguel Transport Solutions consortium of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp, submitted bid documents and is composed of:

  • Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc.
  • Catchweight Holdings Inc.
  • DeltaCrest Holdings Inc.
  • AllCard Philippines Plastics Inc.

Its partners include

  • Petron Corp.
  • Korea Rail Road Corp.
  • Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited 
  • Philippine National Bank (PNB)
  • VIX Technology (East Asia) Ltd.
  • Korail Network Co. Ltd.

4. Mega Lucky United Consortium

The Megawide Suyen-Eurolink consortium is composed of

  • publicly listed construction firm Megawide Construction Corp.
  • Suyen Corp., which owns and operates a chain of apparel stores and outlets, including Bench
  • Eurolink Network International Corp.

Its partners include Easy-link PTE Ltd, China National Software and Service Corp.

5. Comworks group

The Comworks Inc. consortium composed of

  • publicly-held Berjaya Philippines Inc.
  • Philippine Gaming Management Corp. (PGMC)
  • Taiwan-based Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp.
  • Acer Inc.
  • Info Champ Systems Corp.

6. Lamco consortium

The Lamco consortium is led by

  • Lamco Paper Products Co. Inc.
  • New San Jose Builders Inc., 
  • Land Bank of the Philippines
  • NEC Philippines Inc.
  • Busan Transit Corp. 
  • Samco FA Co Ltd.

7. E-Trans Solutions group

The next group is the E-Trans Solutions JV Inc. led by

  • Tera Investments Inc.
  • East West Banking Corp. of taipan Andrew Gotianun
  • Sagesoft Solutions Inc.
  • Pilipinas Micro-Matrix Technology (PMT Joint Venture) Inc.
  • Pulsar Avancer Technologies Inc.
  • Kentkart EGE Electronic San VTE 
  • JTKA Equities Inc.

8. MTD-PRLM consortium

The consortium is led by

  • MTD Capital Bhd of Malaysia
  • Puregold Realty Leasing and Management Inc. businessman Lucio Co.

Its partners include PureGold Priceclub Inc., Transit Link Pte Ltd. and Maybank of Malaysia.

9. Mega Lucky United Consortium

It is composed of Asia United Bank Corp.. Dignitas Equity, Mega Cellular, and Gravitas 777. Partners include LG CNS Co Ltd.

Korean firm Kystek Corp. who tried to stop the bidding did not submit qualification documents.

The DOTC’s Bids and Awards Committee and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) would evaluate the bid documents for 20 days and announce the result 5 days later. The companies that meet the eligibility requirements would qualify to participate in the actual bidding scheduled in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

Technical and financial bids should be submitted by June 17 and July 5, and the notice of award is set for July 30.

This project was one of the 8 projects rolled out by the PPP Center in 2012. The pre-bidding for the automated fare system would be the second for the year after April 8’s pre-bidding for the NAIA Expressway project.

The project will also involve the introduction of a centralized back office that will perform the apportionment of revenues. The private sector will operate and maintain the fare collection system. – Rappler.com

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