SHAH ALAM: In previous postings, Malaysian Defence wrote on the tenders for the supply and delivery of main assets for the Army. This includes laser range finders, tactical and logistical support bridges, skid steer loaders and night vision goggles.

For the laser range finders, 15 bidders took part with prices ranging from RM5.325 million to RM5.940 million. Based on the bids, I am guessing that the budget for the 75 laser range finders is RM5.5 million.

Six bidders took part in the tender for two tactical bridges with the highest bid at RM279.8 million and lowest RM245 million. Two bids came in at the exact same price of RM252 million. The companies might be from the same owner and offering the same product.

Seventeen bidders are contesting the tender to supply five logistic support bridges. From the post:

As there was no cost estimates for the tender, I believed the winning bid should be around RM45 million to RM50 million. This is based on the LOA for Stare Resources which sourced the two LSB from China.

My guess was prescient as the lowest bid was RM41.140 million while the highest was RM45.045 million.

As for the five skid-steer loader tender, 13 bids were recorded with the lowest bid was RM4.5 million while the highest was RM4.988 million. This means that each skid-steer loader will cost around RM1 million each. That said the skid-steer loaders on sale for commercial operators are equipped with various accessories or attachments allowing it to do various jobs.

The highest number of bids was for the 86 night-vision goggles tender with 36 recorded. The lowest bid was RM6.011 million while RM6.831 million was the highest. In the previous post, I estimated the winning bid should be RM2.3 million or lower. Boy, was I wrong!

— Malaysian Defence

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