(The Philippine Star) - June 6, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - State-run
National Power Corp. (Napocor) is bidding out a P206.7-million contract to
upgrade the flood forecasting and warning system of Angat Dam.
In a bid bulletin published
yesterday, Napocor announced that it is looking for interested parties to implement
the Angat Dam and Dyke Strengthening Project-Package 2, which is the upgrading
of the facility’s Flood Forecasting and Warning System.
The contract, which has an approved
budget of P206.71 million, would be awarded on a “per schedule basis.”
Schedule 1 is for the Enhancement of
Angat Dam Flood Forecasting and Warning System amounting to P50.78 million and
Schedule 2 is for the Enhancement of Communication Network for Angat Dam Flood
Forecasting and Warning System amounting to P61.71 million.
Schedule 3 covers the Supply,
Installation and Commissioning of Spillway Gate Indication and Controls for
Angat Dam Flood Forecasting and Warning System for Dam Operations amounting to
P8.47 million while Schedule 4 is for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Test
and Commissioning of Turbine and Bypass Valve Flow Metering Including
Configuration and Installation of Scada System amounting to P21.57 million.
Schedule 5 is for the Supply,
Delivery, Installation, Test and Commissioning of C-Band Weather Radar
amounting to P51 million and lastly, Schedule 6 covers the Supply, Delivery,
Installation, Test and Commissioning of Geosynchronous Weather Satellite Ground
Station amounting to P13.19 million.
Napocor has set a pre-bid conference
for the whole contract on June 13, 2 p.m. while the deadline for submission and
opening of bids is scheduled on June 27, 2 p.m.
Last month, Napocor signed a
memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
(MWSS) for an improved Flood Forecasting and Warning System for Dam Operation
in Angat Dam.
With the agreement, MWSS transferred
a P237.16-million fund to Napocor for the upgrading of the facility’s
instrumentation.
The upgrade of the Flood Forecasting
and Warning System are two of the four packages of the Angat Dam and Dyke
Strengthening Project.
These two projects are funded by the
National Government amounting to a total of P553.3 million.
Other packages of the Angat Dam and
Dyke Strengthening Project such as the strengthening works and consulting
services would be undertaken by the Angat Hydropower Corp.
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