PAF looking for P192.6-M worth of chopper parts

By Priam Nepomuceno

September 3, 2017, 11:01 am

MANILA -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF), through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), is now looking for suppliers of PHP192,693,000 worth of spare parts needed for the maintenance of its six remaining W-3A "Sokol" helicopters.

Pre-bid conference is scheduled on Sept. 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the PAF Procurement Center Conference Room, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City.

Submission and bid opening is 9 a.m. of  Sept. 19 at PAF, BAC chair Brig. Gen. Nicolas C. Parilla, announced in a bid bulletin posted at the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System.

The PAF acquired eight units of the "Sokol" from Polish manufacturer PZL-Swidnik and British-Italian firm Augusta Westland for PHP2.8 billion in 2012. Two have been decommissioned due to accidents. (PNA)

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