The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA 11) regional office reminded Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (CLIHC) on Friday to adhere to the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) Law for their unsolicited bid for the operation, expansion, capacity, augmentation, and maintenance of the Davao International Airport (DIA).
It can be recalled that CLIHC’s, which is under Udenna Corporation of Dabawenyo businessman Dennis Uy, said the unsolicited proposal was remanded back to the proponent by the Department of Transportation (DoTr) because of the revised 2022 IRR of the BOT Law.
“So it has to conform again with the revised IRR of the DoTr. Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corporation was requested to submit a revised proposal according to the revised 2022 IRR of the BOT Law. There is no deadline and it is really the call of the proponent when to submit the revised guideline. Suffice it to say that they should be compliant with the revised IRR,” NEDA 11 regional director Maria Lourdes D. Lim said during Kapihan sa PIA at NCCC-Victoria Plaza on Friday.
Lim added that the framework as contained in the revised IRR should be more transparent to evaluate and implement the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects under the BOT Law.
“The greatest value and reduction of risks to both government and the private partner should be in place,” she said.
CLIHC was given the status of original proponent in 2018. The project includes expanding the terminal building at the airport, establishing a parallel taxiway, upgrading the facilities on the airside and the ground, and adding contemporary airport information technology systems.
The modernization of the DIA is expected to boost the economic growth of the Davao Region and the rest of Mindanao to a higher level through increased trade and tourism activities.
It also aims to boost passenger traffic at the airport by up to 15.1 million passengers per annum.
