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The submission and opening of qualification documents for the proposed P14.82-billion San Ramon Newport Project in Zamboanga City has been moved anew to January 7, 2026 from December 5, 2025
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The new date follows the revisions in the project information memorandum and instructions to prospective bidders
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The primary change is a requirement for bidders to be Filipino majority-owned
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This is in line with the amended Public Services Act declaring seaports as public utilities
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The deadline for the submission of bid documents for qualified firms will be on May 7 while the notice of award will be issued on June 23
The submission and opening of qualification documents for the proposed P14.82-billion San Ramon Newport Project (SRNP) in Zamboanga City has been moved anew to January 7, 2026 from December 5, 2025.
The new date follows the revisions in the project information memorandum (PIM) and instructions to prospective bidders posted in the Public-Private Partnership Center website.
The changes are in line with a resolution from the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel resolution saying that the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority and Freeport (ZCSEZA) may maintain the existing build-operate-transfer (BOT) contractual arrangement for the project, provided that it must require prospective foreign bidders to comply with the nationality requirement in the tender process.
Under the updated PIM, the project contractor must be a Filipino entity that is compliant with the 60-40 foreign equity restriction given the restriction imposed on seaport operators as public utilities under the amended Public Service Act.
With the new deadline, the notice of the list of pre-qualified bidders and release of bid documents was also moved to January 21, 2026 from December 22.
The conduct of the pre-bid conference was reset to February 5, 2026, while the deadline for the Pre-qualification, Bids and Award Committee to issue the final bid bulletin and final version of the contract will be on April 6, 2026.
The deadline for the submission of bid documents will be on May 7, 2026 while the notice of award will be issued on June 23, 2026.
READ: San Ramon Newport Project bid submission moved anew to Dec 5
ZCSEZA last July announced it was seeking parties to pre-qualify and bid for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the SRNP, envisioned to be the main trade, commerce, and industrial center of the Zamboanga Peninsula or Region 9, and the first freeport in Mindanao.
The project will be under the BOT scheme, a public-private partnership model, with a 35-year concession period, inclusive of the development period of four years.
Operation is expected to start by 2030.
With a land area of around 23 hectares in Barangay Talisayan, Zamboanga City, the project includes the construction of an inland berth facility and harbor basin, a container berth and south breakwater cum south berth, continuous roll-on/roll-off ramp and north berth, port back-up areas including a road network, parking, and open areas; buildings and other support facilities, and utilities.
