Philippine National Police Buys Assault Rifle from South Korea and Israel

Philippine National Police Buys 13,801 units of Assault Rifles Daewoo K2 of South Korea and Eltam Karmiel MZ-4P of Israel.

The Philippine National Police failed acquisition of assault rifle from United States last year force them to re-bid the procurement of such rifle. The bidding were different Lots (Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3). The division of Lots is due to different sources of funding from General Appropriation Acts from 2016 to 2018. The Lot 1 has an ABC of Php 755,725,000.00 for 8,170 units of 5.56mm Assault Rifle and the funding comes from 2016 and 2017 budget. Lot 2 has an ABC of Php 64,588,800.00 for 698 units of assault rifle and the funding comes from the General Appropriation Act of 2017. Lot 3 has an ABC of Php 456,311,800.00 for 4,933 units of 5.56mm Assault Rifle and the fundings comes from General Appropriation Act of 2018.

The Bidding for Lot 1 for 8,170 units won by Nashe Enterprises, declared as lowest bidder with the Daewoo K2 Assault Rifle from South Korea beating the offer from CZ and R. Espinili Trading with CZ 807 and IWI Galil Ace, respectively. The Nashe Enterprises offered the K2 at an average of Php75,963.00 per rifle set.

The Bidding for Lot 2 for 698 Assault Rifles was won by Armscor being the declared lowest bidder with Ematan Karmiel MZ-4P rifle from Israel, followed by CZ and R. Espinili trading with Emtan Karmiel MZ-4P, CZ 807 and IWI Galil Ace, respectively. The MZ-4P offer had an average price of Php82,000 per rifle set.

The Bidding for Lot 3 for 4,933 rifles was also done with Nashe Enterprises again declared as the lowest bidder with the Daewoo K2 5.56mm rifle from South Korea, followed by Armscor, CZ, and R. Espineli Trading with the Emtan Karmiel MZ-4P, CZ 807 and IWI Galil Ace, respectively. The K2 was offered at an average of Php76,166 per rifle set.

The Delivery period shall be within 180 calendar days from the receipt of the Notice to Proceed. However, the delivery may be extended for a period of ninety (90) calendar days provided that th ebidder can show proof of justifiable circumtances for its extension. This means that the delivery period can have a maximum of 6 months delivery period and it may extend to 3 more months for a justifiable reason.

With the President Duterte plan to introduce new rifle from Russia and China, it is obviously none of them participate in the bidding which only shows that these arms are not yet accepted even by the Philippine National Police.

The Good thing on the result of bidding is that 2 largest Lots won by a single bidder allowing significant quantity of a single rifle type while the Lot 2 won by Eltam Karmiel MZ-4P who is actually a wildcard in the bidding.

Sources: Maxdefense Philippines@ facebook.com