Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter
The Department of National Defense (DND) announced that it
is bidding out P46.6-million worth of bullets and tracer cartridges.
“The DND, government arsenal, through the General
Appropriations Act, intends to apply the sum of P46,651,200 being the approved
budged for the contract to payments for the supply and delivery of 5.56mm M855
bullet and 7.62mm tracer cartridges.”
The DND said that it will bid out 5.8 million pieces of
5.56mm bullets worth at around P28.4 million while Lot
2 is for 350,000 7.62 mm tracer cartridges worth P18. 2 million.
The DND said it welcomes local or foreign bidders as long as
they are eligibile as provided in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of
Republic Act 9184 also known as the "Government Procurement Reform
Act."
According to a paper on NATO Infantry Weapons
Standardization, the 5.56mm rifles are: Belgian-made FNC; G36, Germany; AR70/90, Italy; L85A2, United Kingdom; and the
American-made M16A2.
These were the nominated weapons of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in 2008, the paper by Per G. Arvidsson of the NATO Army
Armaments GroupTel.
The M16A2, is the standard assault rifle issued to the infantry.
The 7.62×51mm, on the other hand, is a rifle cartridge
developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries.
In 1970, the NATO decided to try to standardize a common
rifle and a second caliber to 7.62mm, Arvidsson said.
“During 1976-1979, they, therefore, performed mutual tests
with rifles and ammunition in West Germany
and Canada.”
The DND said that interested parties are required to have
completed a similar project within the last five years.
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