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==DOTC sets bid for P500-M airport equipment in May== | |||
*Source: http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/economy/26366-dotc-sets-bid-for-p500-m-airport-equipment-in-may | |||
*Thursday, April 26, 2012 | |||
:by LENIE LECTURA / REPORTER | |||
The transportation department on Thursday announced it will put up for bidding next month the P500-million airport x-ray screening and security equipment contract. | |||
This, said Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas, aims to improve security in different airports in the country with commercial flights by installing, upgrading and layering of security screening of passengers. | |||
At present, there are 45 airports with scheduled commercial flights. Of these airports only 21 have adequate airport screening. To standardize the security screening in all of these 45 airports, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is considering the procurement of screening equipment that will be installed in 31 airports. | |||
“These x-rays will be installed in places where there are no screening or where even if there is equipment, but because of the volume of passengers, they need additional equipment,” Roxas said. “We will make them all have two layers of screening just like what we have in Naia [Ninoy Aquino International Airport].” | |||
Items for procurement include 21 sets of initial security checkpoint (ISCP) screening equipment and 25 sets of final security checkpoint (FSCP) screening equipment. | |||
The airports to be installed with the 21 ISCPs are Puerto Princesa, Kalibo, Tagbilaran, Davao, Laoag, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cotabato, Dipolog, Cagayan de Oro, Marinduque, Busuanga, Masbate, Calbayog, Catarman, Jolo, Basco, Sanga-sanga, Siargao, Cauayan and Ozamis. | |||
The 25 FSCPs are Puerto Princesa, Kalibo, Tagbilaran, Davao, two in Laoag, General Santos, Zamboanga, San Jose, Roxas, Tacloban, Pagadian, Dipolog, Cagayan de Oro, Marinduque, Busuanga, Masbate, Calbayog, Catarman, Jolo, Basco, Sanga-sanga, Siargao, Cauayan and Ozamiz. | |||
The DOTC will also procure nine units of x-ray inspection systems for cargo screening. | |||
These cargo x-rays will be installed in Puerto Princesa, Kalibo, General Santos, Zamboanga, Iloilo, Roxas, Cotabato, Cagayan de Oro and Clark. | |||
The DOTC will also buy 46 units of walk-through metal detectors, 92 units of hand-held metal detectors, 59 sets of CCTV (closed-circuit television) IP (Internet protocol) surveillance system, 55 units of UPS system, 55 sets of AVR system and 55 sets of ergonomic chair for the x-ray operator. | |||
This project is set for completion by the end of the year. | |||
The agency also announced plans to construct and rehabilitate approximately 1,017 public toilets in its attached agencies, including airports, seaports and train stations nationwide. | |||
At present, agencies under the DOTC have a total of 1,224 public toilets. Under the DOTC program, 786 of these will be rehabilitated, while 231 new ones will be built. | |||
Roxas also said to reduce the cost of building these toilets, the DOTC is resorting to bulk purchases. Instead of awarding the project to just one contractor, it will be bidded out into several lots, allowing more suppliers to participate in the procurement. | |||
For instance, the project will have a package for major fixture, where providers can bid to supply the urinals, water closets, lavatories and faucets needed for the toilets. This package alone enables the DOTC to reduce the cost from P66.6 million to P40.1 million. | |||
There will also be savings from the procurement of civil works. Before, the DOTC used to spend P396 million but the agency is looking at spending only P160.7 million. | |||
“In the past, civil works for construction of toilets cost P35,000 per square meter. But because we are using bulk purchase for this project, civil works was reduced to about P18,000 per square meter,” Roxas said. | |||
One hundred companies, he added, are interested to participate in the multibillion information-technology (IT) project of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). | |||
“We are happy that more than a hundred participants showed up, expressing very keen interest in this project,” Roxas said. | |||
The bids and awards committee of the DOTC conducted on Wednesday a pre-bid conference for the LTO, IT project. Representatives of major IT firms here and abroad attended the conference, including those from IBM, SAP, HP, Oracle and Indra. | |||
The LTO, IT project is a seven-year program with an approved budget of P8.2 billion. | |||
==All systems go in 2012 Lingayen Palaro== | ==All systems go in 2012 Lingayen Palaro== | ||
*Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/April/24/sportnews3.htm | *Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/April/24/sportnews3.htm | ||
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The closing ceremonies will be on May 12 at 4 p.m.*PNA | The closing ceremonies will be on May 12 at 4 p.m.*PNA | ||
==Marinduque celebrates Earth Month== | ==Marinduque celebrates Earth Month== | ||