Department of National Defense

DND Schedule of Meetings

Project	Contract Price	Pre-bid Conference
Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW)	P 1.727 B	23 Jan 2006 9:00am
Global Positioning System (GPS)	P 103 M	23 Jan 2006 11:00 am
1.25 ton Truck	P 1.531 B	23 Jan 2006 1:00pm
40 MM Grenade launcher	P 160 M	25 Jan 2006 9:00 am
EOD Bomb suit	P 82 M	25 Jan 2006 11:00 am
Watercraft	P 109 M	29 Jan 2006 9:00 am
MD 520 MG Upgrade	P 224 M	29 Jan 2006 9:00 am
Aerial Camera	P 62 M	29 Jan 2006 9:00 am
UH-1 Helicopter	P 400 M	29 Jan 2006 9:00 am
Personal Role Radio (PRR)	P 520 M	30 Jan 2006 9:00 am
Night Fighting System (NFS)	P 244 M	30 Jan 2006 9:00 am
NFS Navy	P 321 M	30 Jan 2006 9:00 am
APC M113	P 144 M	30 Jan 2006 9:00 am

Public bidding urged in P930-M AFP radio deal
Inquirer
Yvonne Chua, contributor

AN ANTICORRUPTION coalition has urged the Department of National Defense to conduct a public bidding for the purchase of 12,046 VHF/FM radios worth P930.8 million under the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program.

The Coalition Against Corruption (CAC), a regular observer of biddings at the DND, submitted its proposal on Jan. 11 to Defense Assistant Secretary Roberto Nuqui, chair of the DND bids and awards committee.

The proposal came after a Philippine Daily Inquirer special report said that the purchase of the radios had been stalled for three years and had adversely affected field communications because the DND and AFP still had to resolve whether to buy them by direct contracting or by a public bidding.

The CAC is composed of business and Church groups and several nongovernment organizations, and is headed by former Central Bank Governor Jose L. Cuisia.

The Government Procurement Policy Board earlier recommended that the radios be bought through public bidding. However, the AFP, now under Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, has stood firm on direct contracting.

The DND’s defense acquisition committee and its bids and awards committee had recommended to Avelino Cruz shortly before he resigned as defense secretary in November the purchase of the units through a negotiated procurement.

Scenarios

The CAC, through the Makati Business Club and Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference, reiterated its June 1, 2005, position that a public bidding would enable the government to realize substantial savings.

While acknowledging the AFP’s concern to ensure that the new units would be compatible with the 1,956 units it had bought earlier, the CAC noted that the 12,046 remaining units to be procured represented more than six times the original order.

In a “best case scenario” of a public bidding, the same supplier for the 1,956 units may win again but at a lower bid price, the coalition said in a statement.

In a “bad case scenario,” another supplier offering a different radio may win, making the first set of communication equipment inaccessible to the new set, the CAC said.

But the coalition said the 1,956 radios could be used just for specific areas or AFP units while the rest could be used anywhere. The AFP would then have two radio systems.

Suggestions

Reacting to other procurement problems reported by the Inquirer newspaper, the CAC recommended the following measures in the bidding of DND and AFP contracts:

• Project proponents must always be clear and unbiased in writing project specifications, not favoring any specific supplier, manufacturer or even a brand.

• Project management teams or technical working groups should do good market research to facilitate the decisions at the BAC level.

• To enhance transparency in the bidding process, a master timetable for all procurement of supplies in any agency should be readily available to the public.

The coalition also called on the government to “prosecute crooks … to complete the cycle of procurement reforms in any agency.”

“We strongly urge the Ombudsman to act judiciously on all pending cases related to procurement law violations -- especially the Commission on Elections and e-Mega Pacific bidding scam,” it said.

The Comelec had paid P1.3 billion to the Mega Pacific consortium which was judged by the Supreme Court to be ineligible, and the government has not recovered its down payment.

In October last year, however, the Ombudsman cleared all Comelec officials of any wrongdoing.

BAC Observers get bird’s eyeview of bases

The 30 May visit included a tour of the Army warehouse with Commanding Gen. Hermogenes Esperon and DND BAC Chairman Jose F. Santos to inspect troop gear, communications equipment, and rifles. On the other hand, the 6 June tour of the Navy’s maintenance and repair facility in Sangley Point, Cavite, showed underwater apparatus and battle gear, as well as sea vessels and the Philippine Airforce’s air fleet. The tour provided observers a better perspective of the AFP’s massive logistical requirement and the urgent need to complete the AFP Modernization plan.

Upgrade of Two (2) Philippine Navy Patrol Killer Medium (PKM) Gunboats
7 September 2005—The Department of National Defense invites prospective suppliers to apply for eligibility and to bid for the Upgrade of Two (2) Patrol Killer Medium (PKM) Wildcat Gunboats of the Philippine Navy. The total approved budget for the contract is Php 288,000,000. 00. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the DND Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat, and purchase the Bidding Documents at the address below, from 8:00 am-5:00 pm Mondays through Fridays starting 22 August 2005. The pre-bid conference open to all interested parties is scheduled on 22 September 2005 at 2:00 pm at the DND Silid Panday Pira, 1st Flr. Bulwagang Mabini, Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, QC. Bid opening shall be on 6 October 2005 9:00 am also at Silid Panday Pira, Bulwagang Mabini.

DND BAC Secretariat
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Modernization Program Management Office
3rd Flr. Bulwagang Mabini
Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Tel: 911-6001 loc. 6481
Facsimile: 912-9541/ 421-2327
Email: pid@ifo.com.ph
Website: www.info.com.ph/~afpmod

DND to Open Petroleum Bids
15 August 2005 - The Opening of Bids for the Supply and Delivery of Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) Requirement for the Department of National Defense Agencies and Bureaus for the 4th Quarter of 2005 and whole year 2006 will be on Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 3:00 pm at Silid Panday Pira, 1st Flr. Bulwagang Mabini, Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, QC. The approved budget for the contract is P2,473,853,998.08. Only eligible bidders will be allowed to submit bids. For more details, see the Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid for Procurement of POL products.

Open for bid: AFP’s Communication System Supply and Installation
4 July 2005—The Department of National Defense invites prospective suppliers to apply for eligibility and to bid for the Supply and Installation of the AFP Fixed Communication System (FCS) Project. The total approved budget for the contract is Php 447,360,000. 00. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the DND Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat, AFP Modernization Project Management Office, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php 40,000.00. Method of payment may be in the form of cash or cashier’s check. The pre-bid conference open to all interested parties is scheduled on 7 July 2005 at 9:00 am at Silid Panday Pira, 1st Flr, Bulwagang Mabini, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Bid submission and opening shall be on 25 August 2005, 9:00 am at the DND Old Conference Room, DND Building. For more details, please contact:

The DND BAC Secretariat
DND Bids and Awards Committee
AFP Modernization Program Management Office
3rd Floor, Bulwagang Mabini,
Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Tel: 421-2327/ 911-6001 loc. 6592
www.info.com.ph/~afpmod
pid@ifo.com.ph

Night Fighting System
The DND invites prospective suppliers to apply for Eligibility and to Bid for the procurement of the Night Fighting System for the Philippine Army consisting of lot 1 (Night Vision Monocular) and lot 2 (Infrared Aiming Device and Laser Zeroing Device). Total estimated budget is Php 411,302,400.00. Interested bidders may get further information from the DND Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat, AFP Modernization Project Management Office and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address below, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php 30,000.00. for lot 1 and Php 10,000.00 for lot 2. Method of payment may be in the form of cash or cashier’s check. There will be a meeting for interested suppliers on 14 July 2005 at 3:00 pm at Silid Panday Pira, 1st Flr, Bulwagang Mabini Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Bid submission and opening shall be on 11 August 2005, 10:00 am at the same venue of the Pre-bid conference.

Hiring of 13 Janitorial Staff
The Department of National Defense (Philippine Veterans Affairs Office) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Hiring of Thirteen (13) Janitorial Personnel for 5 months under 2005, and for the whole year of 2006. The total approved budget for the contract is Php 2,278,000. 00. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the DND BAC Secretariat, from 8:00 am-5:00 pm Mondays through Fridays. A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased starting 1 July, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php 2,000.00. The pre-bid conference open to all interested parties is scheduled on 15 July 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the DND Old Conference Room, DND Building, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Bid submission and opening shall be on 19 July 2005, 9:00 a.m. at the DND Old Conference Room, DND Building. For more details, contact the:

DND Bids and Awards Committee
GSD, PVAO Compound,
Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Tel: 9124762
Fax: 4213531
Contact Person: Dir. Alexander F. Gonzales, CESO V
Email: bacsecretariat@dnd.gov.ph
www.pvao.mil.ph

Petroleum Oil and Lubricants Supply
20 June 2005—The Department of National Defense invites prospective suppliers to apply for Eligibility and to Bid for the procurement of assorted Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) for its requirement for 4th Quarter of 2005 and whole year of 2006. Total estimated budget is Php 1,829,697,998.08. There will be a meeting for interested suppliers on 23 June 2005 at 3:00 pm at the DND Social Hall, 3rd Floor DND Building, Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. For more information, contact the Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat at telephone numbers 911-6534; 911-4580, fax: 911-6534 or email bacsecretariat@dnd.gov.ph.

Government Arsenal
The Department of National Defense invites prospective suppliers to apply for eligibility and to bid for the procurement of 258 tons Metallic Raw Materials and 22 tons Propellant Powder for the Government Arsenal. The total approved budget for the contract is Php 82,662,908.00. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the DND Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat, and purchase the Bidding Documents at the address below, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays starting 10 June 2005. The pre-bid conference open to all interested parties is scheduled on 6 July 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Old Conference Room, DND Building, Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Bid opening shall be on 18 July 2005, 10:00 a.m. also at the Old Conference Room, DND Building.

Government Arsenal Metro Manila Liaison Office (GAMMLO)
Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Tel: 911-6534; 911-4580
Facsimile: 911-6534
Email: bacsecretariat@dnd.gov.ph

Registry of Suppliers
The Department of National Defense has initiated the creation of a database or Registry of Eligible Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers and Contractors for those interested to participate in public bidding for non-common goods and/or for infrastructure projects. For more information on the procedure for registration and documents for submission, contact the Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat at telephone numbers 911-6534; 911-4580, fax: 911-6534 or email bacsecretariat@dnd.gov.ph.

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