CIAC seeks bids for design contract

Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) is looking for a consultant who will come up with the design of its new headquarters, a three-hectare (ha) property comprising five buildings.

Interested parties have until Oct. 7 to submit their bids for the P30.34-million contract for detailed architectural and engineering design services.

According to the bidding documents, the participants must be a “reputable firm with at least 10 years of business operation” relating to the service being procured.

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Once the contract is awarded, the chosen proponent has 180 days or six months to complete the project.

The new headquarters will include a four-level main building housing the executive office suite, legal offices, board room, conference rooms, library, auditorium, commercial spaces and office retail spaces.

A three-story operations building is also part of the design. It will include the vice presidential office suite, departmental offices, conference rooms and commercial spaces.

The administrative building, a three-story establishment, will have managerial office suites, departmental offices, retail spaces and conference rooms.

Other facilities in the new headquarters are the motor pool building and a multi-purpose hall.

The new headquarters is just one of the several flagship projects in the CIAC’s pipeline.

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CIAC is also working on its P8.5-billion Clark National Food Hub, which is proposed to improve the food supply chain across the country and to provide a marketplace for farmers and fisherfolk. The hub is a 62-ha facility set to rise in the Clark civil aviation complex.

The state-run firm is also studying the possibility of building a second runway to accommodate more flights. It is projected to cost P7 billion to P10 billion.

Recently, CIAC signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Maharlika Investment Corp. to boost investments in Clark projects.

This year, the Pampanga gateway aims to service 2.4 million to 2.7 million passengers. It accommodated nearly 2 million passengers last year, a 50-percent recovery compared to the pre-pandemic volume. INQ