DND opens bids for P191M projects for Air Force facilities

From Malaya (Jun 6): DND opens bids for P191M projects for Air Force facilities

THE Aquino government has earmarked P191 million for the construction and repair of facilities at the Air Force headquarters in Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, and in Occidental Mindoro and Bataan provinces.

Roy Deveraturda, defense undersecretary for plans and programs and concurrent chairman of the DND’s Special Bids and Awards Committee, said the project is part of the ongoing modernization program of the Armed Forces.

The bid invitation said the project involves the construction and rehabilitation/repair of different facilities at Villamor Air Base, Gozar Air Station in Lubang island in Occidental Mindoro, and Mariveles Radio Relay Station in Mariveles, Bataan.

Deveraturda said the facilities to be constructed or repaired under the project will house air surveillance radars, worth P2.58 billion, that are being acquired by the defense department.

“These are like support facilities,” said Deveraturda of the P191-million project. “Before acquiring the radars, the ground has to be ready, the facilities… These are called base support facilities.”

Deveraturda said the air surveillance radars that are being acquired will help in monitoring the country’s airspace. He said the radars are also important in aviation safety because they can monitor both commercial and military aircraft.

“You will be able to see intrusion into your airspace, those are the radars. But the project that was published is for ground support, basing support. These are where the (radar) equipment will be housed in the layman’s term,” he said.

In an invitation to bid posted on the DND website, Deveraturda said bidders “should be construction-oriented, affiliated group of professionals who can successfully prepare the project.”

“They should have experience and capability in the type of services, and the field under consideration, specifically on the rehab/repair and construction of the different facilities under the radar basing and support system project and other requirements,” he said.

The DND-SBAC will conduct a pre-bid conference on June 8 at the DND-SBAC conference room in Camp Aguinaldo. Deadline for the submission of bids and the opening of the bids is on June 22.

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