{"id":17339,"date":"2021-07-07T16:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T21:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=17339"},"modified":"2021-07-07T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:55:15","slug":"industry-forum-to-be-held-on-bahamas-airports-ppp-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/industry-forum-to-be-held-on-bahamas-airports-ppp-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry forum to be held on Bahamas Airports PPP Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Under PPP program, private partner(s) will operate and maintain airports for up to 30 years while govt will still be the owner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 The government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas has extended an invitation for interested parties to attend an industry forum concerning private operator\/developer concessions and related opportunities in connection with the Bahamas Airports PPP Program.<\/p>\n<p>Airport operators, service providers, lenders, construction companies and facility managers are among those likely to be interested in attending a virtual industry informative presentation about the proposed airport PPP program. This briefing, hosted by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, will be held on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11am (EST) via Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the Commonwealth of The Bahamas will introduce the PPP program and present opportunities available to the industry in the context of future transformation, operations and management of an airport portfolio, which includes the following airports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grand Bahama International Airport, Freeport, Grand Bahama;<\/li>\n<li>Leonard M Thompson International Airport, Marsh Harbour, Abaco;<\/li>\n<li>Exuma International Airport, Exuma, Great Exuma;<\/li>\n<li>North Eleuthera International Airport, Eleuthera;<\/li>\n<li>Long Island International Airport, Deadman\u2019s Cay, Long Island;<\/li>\n<li>Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands; and<\/li>\n<li>San Salvador International Airport, San Salvador Island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LeighFisher, the government\u2019s transaction advisor, will present an overview of the proposed opportunities, partnership structure and the expected timelines for procurement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airport proponent being sought to transform and operate airport portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas wishes to focus on sustainable and resilient long-term solutions to rebuilding its airport infrastructure throughout the Family Islands of The Bahamas and is seeking experienced, qualified private partners to update, operate and improve the portfolio of airports to drive traffic and revenue growth and further enhance quality of service. Under this PPP program, airport facilities are not being sold; the government and communities of The Bahamas will retain ownership of the airports and a private partner will be granted a concession and lease to update, operate and maintain the airports for up to 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.com\/industry-forum-to-be-held-on-bahamas-airports-ppp-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Image: Pexels-Esther<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under PPP program, private partner(s) will operate and maintain airports for up to 30 years while govt will still be the owner NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 The government of the Commonwealth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":17345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[166,71,224],"class_list":["post-17339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-bahamas","tag-procurement","tag-project"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-esther-746500-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-4vF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21991,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/spotlight-3-major-caribbean-airport-projects-in-limbo\/","url_meta":{"origin":17339,"position":0},"title":"Spotlight: 3 major Caribbean airport projects in limbo","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"May 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Caribbean \u00a0 Plans for three airport projects in the Caribbean region, all involving private investments, have been delayed due to government decisions and the pandemic. 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