A February 20, 2012 press release from the Department of Transportation and Communications
Secretary of Transporation and Communications Mar Roxas today announced the approval by the National Economic Development Authority Investment Coordinating Committee [NEDA ICC] Technical Board of the P7.9B “Road Transport IT Project” that will integrate the IT [information technology] systems of Land Transportation Office’s [LTO] offices nationwide, and operations of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board [LTFRB].
The project was approved by the NEDA ICC Technical Board on January 31, 2012, which was then approved by the NEDA Cabinet Committee on February 16, 2012. The project is now endorsed to the NEDA Board for final approval.
“The LTO/LTFRB centralized IT project is now in the final step of getting NEDA’s approval which will allow us to pursue our efforts in integrating our operations to provide the public safe, convenient and reliable transport system,” Roxas said.
Of the approved project cost, an estimated P3 billion will be funded locally over a one-year implementation period, while the P4.9B operations and maintenance of the project would be put out to bid and managed by an external IT provider for a five- year period.
“What is different from the previous system is that unlike the arrangement with Stradcom, the new IT infrastructure will be owned by the government, with all the computer fees charged to the public to be collected by the government,” Roxas added.
The bid for the project will be announced by end of the month or early March. The project is expected to be awarded to the winning bidder by April 2012.
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