A ranking Department of National Defense (DND) official
announced that Indian shipbuilder, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(GRSE), is now undergoing the post-qualification process, in line with the
ongoing bidding for the two missile-firing frigates for Navy.
This was confirmed by DND undersecretary for finance,
munition, materiel and modernization Fernando Manalo Wednesday.
The process involves inspection of the shipyard's
construction, legal and financial capabilities.
And should the Indian shipbuilder managed to pass this
stage, it will be declared the lowest calculated and responsive bidder for the
program.
Contract formulation, awarding and signing will then follow,
Manalo said.
Some specifications of the proposed frigates state that it
must be 92-meters in length, with a displacement of 2,000 tons, capable of
carrying and housing a 12-ton helicopter and capable of engaging in
anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air and electronic warfare.
These ships are the proposed home of the soon-to-arrive two
AgustaWestland AW-159 "Wildcat" anti-submarine helicopters of the
Navy.
Six firms including Navantia Sepi of Spain , STX Offshore & Shipbuilding of South
Korea, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. of South Korea,
Hyundai Heavy Industries Inc. of South Korea, Garden Reach Shipbuilders &
Engineers Ltd. of India
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