MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine
National Police is planning to buy additional patrol vehicles before the year
ends to boost anticrime operations.
The bidding for the contract to supply
1,021 patrol jeeps worth P918.9 million will be conducted this month to add to
the 560 vehicles bought by the PNP earlier this year.
The PNP bids and awards committee,
which is inviting prospective suppliers of 12-seater, diesel-run vehicles, has
set a pre-bid conference on Nov. 4 in Camp Crame.
Funding for the new vehicles will be
drawn from the PNP’s 2013 budget.
Bid documents can be bought from the
bids and awards committee at the PNP headquarters for P75,000 until Nov. 18.
An Indian company, Mahindra, won the
earlier bid to supply the first 560 vehicles. It offered P895,000 per unit for
a total of P504 million.
In October, the PNP conducted tests on
the patrol vehicle to evaluate its performance and durability. The tests included
a long-distance drive on rough terrain.
The PNP said bidding for the new
contract would be open to sole Filipino proprietorships or partnerships and
organizations that are at least 60 percent Filipino-owned.
The first batch of the delivery must be
made 120 days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed, while the second and
third batches must be delivered 120 days apart.
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