PNP-OIC Lt. Gen. Vicente D. Danao Jr. (middle) inspects a brand-new assault rifle procured by the PNP. The new guns, vehicles, and body armors were worth over P765 million. Flanking Danao is PNP Director for Logistics, Maj. Gen. Ronaldo E. Olay and PNP Deputy Chief for Administration, Lt. Gen. Rhodel O. Sermonia.
PNP gets addt’l P765M modern equipment
PHILIPPINE National Police Officer-in-Charge (PNP-OIC) Lieutenant General Vicente D. Danao Jr. on Tuesday led the presentation and blessing of their newly-procured “move and shoot” equipment worth over P765 million as the force continues to modernize under the Duterte administration.
The top cop said that the brand-new motor vehicles and guns will further “beef-up” their capability to fight criminality, insurgency, and terrorism in the country as the PNP prepares to ensure the smooth transition of the presidency from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. this coming June 30.
Lt. Gen. Danao, joined by PNP Director for Logistics (PNP-DL), Major Gen. Ronaldo E. Olay, also the chairman of the PNP National Headquarters (NHQ) Bids and Awards committee, said that the new equipment was procured under the PNP’s Capability Enhancement Programs 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
They also got help from the Congress-introduced “Initiative Appropriation Fiscal Year 2021” and “Trust Receipt 2018” to buy the equipment with a total contract price of P765,115,073.40.
Lt. Gen. Danao said that the NHQ and Logistics Support Service (LSS) Bids and Award Committee and the Philippine International Trading Inc. successfully procured the equipment following a “strict” and very transparent bidding process wherein the bids of all proponents were subjected to a thorough examination.
The PNP-DL, headed by Maj. Gen. Olay and the PNP-LSS led by Brig. Gen. Lorenzo B. Detran Jr. are the principal PNP offices involved in the program to procure more “move, shoot, communicate and investigate” equipment for the police force following strict government bidding processes.
Maj. Gen. Olay said that the equipment includes 16 units of brand-new marked vans to be used by PNP national support units – the vans procured from MGM Motor Trading Inc.; three units of Light Transport Vehicles to be used by the PNP Training Institute and the PNP Academy; 8,358 units of Turkish-made caliber 9mm Striker Fired Pistols to be used by PNP Academy (PNPA) graduates and new PNP recruits – the weapons procured from JV of Nashe Enterprise and Girsan Makina Turkey.
About 8,500 units of cal. 5.56mm Basic Assault Galil Rifles procured under a Philippine-Israel government-to-government (G2G) procurement made thru representations from R. Espinelli and Israel Weapons Industries Ltd.; and 620 units of Autogated Night Vision Device from MKU Limited to be used by the different PNP Mobile Forces.
Some 34 units of Israeli-made cal. 7.62mm Light Machine Guns were procured under a G2G procurement to be used by members of the PNP Maritime Group.
The PNP also procured 45 Explosive Detector Dogs thru the Zemog K9 Training Center Group, Inc. for the PNP Explosives and Ordnance Disposal/K-9 Group; and 5,298 units of all-purpose undershirt vests thru the joint venture of Aholdtech Corporation and Jiansu Zhongyi Special Fiber Co. Lt.
