Philippines' Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has qualified another team for the 47-kilometer Cavite-Laguna Expressway public private partnership deal after beating the deadline for the submission of clarifications.

Alloy MTD Philippines, owned by Malaysia's second-largest toll-road operator, was qualified for the project last week after submitting documents for the construction experience requirement. Alloy MTD had been given three days from Nov. 4 to submit the clarification document to be able to join the bidding.

The other three groups qualified for the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) project are:

• Team Orion, the consortium AC Infrastructure Holdings Inc., Aboitiz Land Inc., Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings Philippines, Bouygues Travaux, Egis Road Operations and Korea Expressway Corp.;
• Consortium of Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC) and Leighton Contractors (Philippines) Inc.; and
• Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc. (San Miguel Corp.)

DPWH said the agency would hold one-on-one meetings with the pre-qualified bidders on Nov. 25 to 29 and Dec. 9 to 13. The submission of bids is tentatively set for January 20th, 2014.