Installation of CCTVs at NAIA delayed due to failed bidding

Airline passengers and workers will have to wait a little longer before the installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) and surveillance system that will cover Terminals 1, 2 and 4 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The first bidding participated by 34 companies was a failure.

Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Jose Angel Honrado said that the bidding for the 480million CCTV project will have to be re-conducted.

“(In the first one) first one; the lowest bidder failed. I think it was a six to sevenpage enumeration of technical deficiencies. He did not file for any motion for reconsideration,” he said.

The next bidder was also not as lucky, but the firm opted to file a motion for recon- sideration to appeal its case. MIAA denied its plea.

Honrado said that the pre-bid meeting with prospective bidders, including those who failed to pass the first bidding, was scheduled last November 15.

“They can vie again. That is the rule,” he said. He added that negotiations will happen only after two failed biddings. The project calls for the construction and installation of a complete CCTV system within 240 calendar days from the award of the bid.

Security at the airport, or the lack of it due to the absence of CCTVs, has raised brows following two high profile incidents at NAIA that grabbed headlines in the past years. The infamous brawl between actor Raymart Santiago and his wife actress Claudine Baretto and columnist Ramon Tulfo, and the ambush on Labangan Mayor Ukol Talumpa of Zamboanga Del Sur come to mind.