{"id":29957,"date":"2014-10-29T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T02:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29957"},"modified":"2014-10-29T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T05:36:03","slug":"more-machines-to-be-leased-for-2016-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/29\/more-machines-to-be-leased-for-2016-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"More machines to be leased for 2016 polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11998\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comelec.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11998\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comelec-300x300.png\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comelec-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comelec-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comelec.png 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be leasing more Optical Maker Reader (OMR) and Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) machines for the upcoming 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>A total of P2.07 billion will be allocated for the lease of 23,000 OMR units while another P30.75 million for 410 DRE machines, according to a report from the Comelec Bids and Awards Committee (BAC).<\/p>\n<p>The lease contracts should have an \u201coption to purchase\u201d clause similar to pervious agreement entered into with Smartmatic International, according to Spokesman James Jimenez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like in 2009, these will be leases with option to purchase clauses for the Comelec,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The said clause was also invoked by the Comelec in acquiring the PCOS machines during the 2013 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the OMR was set for P90,000 per unit and the DRE for P75,000 each, according to the BAC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBids received in excess of the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) shall automatically be rejected at bid opening,\u201d the BAC said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system offered by the bidder must have been successfully used in a prior electoral exercise here and\/or abroad,\u201d the BAC added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be leasing more Optical Maker Reader (OMR) and Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3716],"class_list":["post-29957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-comelec","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}