MANILA, Philippines - In an open bidding conducted by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the joint venture of LDLA Marketing and Wuhan Automobile Refitting Factory of China bested its competitors in the supply of fire trucks with a bid of P2.326 billion, P251 million lower than the bid submitted by the joint venture of Kolonwel Trading and Hubei Jiangnan Special Automobile Factory.
A third bidder, Adlib International Sales, was disqualified for submitting insufficient documentation.
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) chairman Rodrigo Abrazaldo said the BFP will now subject the bid proposal of LDLA-Wuhan to post qualification to determine its responsiveness to the eligibility and bid requirements. If determined to be post qualified, the BAC can officially declare the lowest calculated responsive bidder as the winner, said Abrazaldo.
The approved budget for the contract is P2.589 billion and the cost of each fire truck of 244 units of 1,000-gallon capacity and 225 units of 500-gallon capacity should not exceed P6 million and P5 million, respectively. The lowest bid represents a total savings of over P263 million to the government.
According to the BFP, the acquisition in bulk of 469 units of brand new fire trucks is in line with Interior Secretary Mar Roxas’ modernization program of acquiring quality fire-fighting equipment and providing every town in the Philippines with its own fire truck at the lowest possible cost.