BREAKING: Comelec has awarded F2 Logistics PH the P1.61B contract for the delivery of automated election system-related equipment, VCMs, ballots and other supplies, Commissioner Marlon Casquejo tells ABS-CBN News.

F2 Logistics is linked to Dennis Ang Uy’s Udenna.
Casquejo tells ANC Rundown: “Well, just this morning, the award has already been given to them. They were most qualified as the bidder for the deployment. They just got the award of the contract.”
On Monday, Comelec chair Sheriff Abas said he instructed the special bids and awards committee to check the qualifications of F2 Logistics Philippines, Inc. over concerns it is owned/affiliated with an ally and a 2016 major campaign contributor of President Duterte.
Casquejo says bidding process won by F2 Logistics was transparent: “We do online bidding process so there are reps from Comelec Advisory Council, even the PPCRV, also NAMFREL. With that, they know the process in the bidding.”
Casquejo: “It just so happened that we are just following the GPPB rules as I have said that we have to comply with the lowest calculated bid...F2 Logistics [has] the lowest calculated bid in the deployment of AES supplies.”
To be clear, Comelec spox James Jimenez earlier clarified that the contract F2 Logistics bidded for was for the deployment of automated election service-related equipment and forms, not to supply the equipment.

news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/21/…
How low was F2 Logistics' bid?

Bid ranged from P106 to P123 million when the budget is from P288 to P367 million.

Its biggest bid was P186 million for an item in several regions with an allotted budget of P662 million.
Comelec chair Abas had said that based on the info they gathered, Uy bought 2Go, not F2 Logistics.

He also stressed that a campaign contributor is not automatically disqualified from bidding for Comelec services. Uy is known for his campaign contributions to Duterte in 2016.
Story:

Comelec en banc approves F2 as logistics provider for #Halalan2022

news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/25/21/…

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