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The Philippine National Police (PNP) has signed contracts for weapons and defense equipment manufactured in Israel worth almost 1,500 million pesetas.
The agreements, according to the PNP, were for security teams that allowed savings of P108 million since they were made through government-to-government agreements.
PNP chief Debold Sinas said the procurement deals were made possible thanks to the Defense Export Organization and Foreign Defense Assistance of the Israel Defense Ministry, Sibat, under its retired director Brig. General Yair Kulas.
Sinas said the contracts were for the supply and delivery of 13,457 units of 5.56mm basic assault rifles, 20 units of 7.62mm light machine guns and the intelligence component of PNP Secure, Mobile, Artificial-Intelligence Driven. , Real-time. Surveillance program.
According to the head of the PNP, the agreements were clear manifestations of the “commitment of the PNP to further equip our law enforcement officers with greater capacity while working with the country that produces high-quality firearms and other defense equipment. , Israel “.
PNP spokesman Brig. General Ildebrandi Usana said that the use of the intergovernmental mode of procurement by the PNP’s tender and award committee (PNP-BAC) saved the Philippines P107,769,090.
Usana said: “According to the PNP-BAC, the total price of the contracts is about P1 493 million. We saved P108 million because it would have been more expensive if we had acquired through public tender. “
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