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| Airports in Butuan, Cotabato, Dumaguete, Tuguegarao, Dipolog, Roxas, Ozamis, and Busuanga prepares for night flight operations. |
By Lawrence Agcaoili April 20, 2013
The Aquino administration is set to upgrade the
night landing operations in eight airports across the country by
bidding out P434.5 million worth of contracts for the supply of
communications equipment as well as meteorological instruments and power
supply system.
In an invitation to bid, the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines (CAAP) urged interested parties to participate in the open
and transparent bidding for the upgrading of night landing operations in
various airports.
The DOTC and CAAP said the country’s air transportation is becoming
one of the major means of transportation for passengers and cargoes as
indicated in the increased frequency of flights from the different
airports.
“This situation shows positive growth in the country’s economy;
however congestion of arriving and departing aircraft in Manila’s
premier airport is a dilemma of the air transport sector and needs to be
addressed by the DOTC and CAAP,” the agencies stated in the invitation
to bid.
To solve the congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
(NAIA), the DOTC and CAAP agreed to upgrade the night landing operations
of eight airports in accordance with International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) standards & recommended practices (SARPs) of the
United Nations.
The agencies intend to bid out contracts for the installation or
upgrade of airfield lighting system as well as upgrade of communication
and meteorological systems at the airports in Butuan, Cotabato,
Dumaguete, Tuguegarao, Dipolog, Roxas, Ozamis, and Busuanga.
The government is spending P159.6 million to upgrade the tower
communications equipment in the eight airports through the acquisition
of 14 VHF transmitter systems, 14 VHF receiver systems, seven VHF
transceiver systems, seven voice communication switch systems, seven air
traffic control console, four air traffic light gun, and eight voice
logging systems.
A pre-bid conference would be held on May 6 while the schedule of the opening of bids is on June 5.
The agencies are also bidding out a P16 million contract for the
supply, delivery, installation, training of meteorological instruments
for the airports in Dipolog, Roxas, Ozamis, and Busuanga. The opening of
bids is scheduled on June 6.
Likewise, the DOTC and CAAP are also inviting interested bidders to
bid for a P258.9 million contract to upgrade the power supply systems at
the airports in Busuanga, Cotabato, Dipolog, Ozamis, and Roxas. The
opening of bids is scheduled on June 7.
The Philippines through the CAAP passed the audit conducted by ICAO
of the United Nations from Feb. 18 to Feb. 22 resulting in the lifting
of the remaining significant security concerns.
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