Friday, January 24, 2014

Workshops for frigate program to ensure delivery of quality product

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 24): Workshops for frigate program to ensure delivery of quality product

The February workshop, where the four proponents will show and discuss the merits of their respective design and technical specifications for the Department of National Defense (DND)'s P18-billion frigate program, is aimed at ensuring that the country gets a quality warship to boost the capabilities of the Navy.

PN technical working group head Commodore Roland Mercado said that the panel, which will be assessing the designs, are all seasoned naval architects from the government and private sectors.

He added that these individuals will closely scrutinize the designs for possible flaws.

Evaluation for each proponent will last a week.

Mercado said that this will ensure that the designs submitted are proven ones and comparable in capabilities with existing frigate classes.

Evaluation will start by February. Each proponent is given one week each to present and explain their designs to the PN group.

Inspection of the designs and technical specifications will be done in Sangley Point Naval Station in Cavite.

During this period, hull, powerplant, communications, and weapon systems designs will be closely looked into by the PN technical working group and its private consultants.

As of this posting, only four shipbuilders have successfully passed the first stage of the bidding for the P18-billion frigate project.

These are Navantia Sepi (RTR Ventures) of Spain and South Korean firms STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Heavy Industries, Inc.

These involves the inspection of company eligibility documents.

Three other shipbuilding firms joined the bidding but the DND declared their documents to be deficient.

These companies were identified as Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. of India, STX France SA and Thyssenkrupp Marine System, have filed a motion for reconsideration at the DND.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=608859

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