The Department of National Defense-Armed Forces of the Philippines (DND-AFP) is set to acquire two brand new landing dock vessels, an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles, for the Philippine Navy (PN).
Department of National Defense (MANILA BULLETIN)
In an invitation to bid bulletin, Defense Assistant Secretary Felino Ramos, chairperson of DND Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) 1, said the bid opening for the acquisition of the Navy’s two landing docks will open on July 4 at the DND-BAC Conference Room at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The bidding is open for both local and foreign bidders. Meanwhile, a pre-bid conference was held last June 20.
Ramos bared that the Defense Department has launched the landing dock acquisition project through the AFP
Revised Modernization Program with approved budget for contract of P5.56 billion.
He noted that the landing docks must have a minimum gross capacity of 7,000 tons.
The contract will also include four units of landing craft utility (LCU) and four units of rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) with Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Ramos added.
Meanwhile, the delivery of these military vessels must be accomplished by the winning bidder within 1,095 days.
According to Ramos, the Philippine Navy has also required a tie-up with local companies or shipyard so that at least one of the landing docks will be constructed here in the Philippines.
The Defense official concluded that the Head of Procuring Entity (HOPE) “reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Section 41 of Republic Act 9184 and its IRR [Implementing Rules and Regulation], without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.”
“Further, the HOPE reserves the same right, if the funds/allotments for said program/project.activity have been withheld or reduced through no failt of its own,” he said.
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