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Osmena III vs. Department of Transportation

SERGIO R. OSMEÑA III, PETITIONER, VS. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY JOSEPH EMILIOI A. ABAYA, MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MCIAA), THE PRE-QUALIFICATION, BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE (PBAC) FOR THE MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, UNDERSECRETARY JOSE PERPETUO M. LOTILLA, GMR INFRASTRUCTURE, LTD. AND MEGAWIDE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 214756] BUSINESS FOR PROGRESS MOVEMENT AS REPRESENTED BY MEDARDO C. DEACOSTA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, GMR-MEGAWIDE CEBU AIRPORT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 211737 | 2016-01-13

D E C I S I O N
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
Before us are the consolidated petitions for certiorari and injunction to restrain public respondents from awarding the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Project to private respondents GMR Infrastructure Limited (GMR) and Megawide Construction Corporation (MCC). Petitioners subsequently prayed for invalidation of the award after private respondents won the public bidding.
 
The Facts

The MCI A Project consists of the construction of a new passenger terminal with all associated infrastructure facilities; construction of apron for the new passenger terminal; rehabilitation and expansion...