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Tugade zeroed in on Special Order No. 2023-024, released in January 2023, which requires all procurement activities worth P50 million and above to be done by the DOTr central office. It was a move to preclude a repeat of highly questionable deals executed by previous LTO administrations, particularly the P3.
To many disgruntled motorists, the LTO is the poster boy for inefficiency due to its inability to issue the license plates of motor vehicles that were bought several years back. While receiving your vehicle’s license plate may not be as dire an emergency as getting your flat tire fixed in the middle of the night or your motor vehicle’s engine conking out on a deserted road, you would rightfully expect to get your license plate within a reasonable amount of time.
The DOTr conducted the bidding after the LTO finally submitted on March 21 the terms of reference for the bidding. The DOTr’s Centralized Bids and Awards Committee gave the prospective bidders one month to study the TOR and submit their bids. The bidding is for the supply of 5,220,000 pre-printed driver’s license cards which have been in short supply for the past several weeks. The shortage forced the LTO to issue temporary paper licenses.
What then had caused the delay? Even as Tugade continues to vent his frustration in the media, Bautista remains silent. His office, however, has sent out an explanation why DOTr failed, as Tugade said, to previously conduct a bidding, although the budget for the procurement of motor vehicle plates and license ID cards was included in the General Appropriations Act approved on December 16, 2022.
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