Air Force to spend P4.28M for C-295 spare parts

MANILA, Philippines — The Air Force will acquire communication navigation and environmental systems for the transport planes it acquired from Spain.

The project has an approved budget of P4.28 million for the spare parts of the C-295 planes, a bid bulletin posted on the Philippine Government Procurement System showed.

Air Force spokesman Col. Enrico Canaya said every aircraft should have spare parts even if they are brand new.

Prospective suppliers may buy a complete set of bid documents for P5,000. The documents will be issued at the Philippine Air Force Procurement Center Building at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the same venue on September 3 to orient potential bidders about the project.

The deadline for the submission of bids will be on September 17 at 9 a.m. also in Villamor Air Base. The bids will be opened on the same date.

Last year, The STAR reported that Spanish company Airbus Military (now Airbus Defence & Space) won the bidding for the purchase of three medium lift fixed wing aircraft.

Airbus submitted a bid of P5.29 billion, well within the P5.3-billion budget ceiling.

The first of the three C-295 planes arrived in Clark, Pampanga last March. Officials said the two other transport planes may be delivered within the year.

READ: First of 3 aircraft acquired from Spain arrives in Clark