(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — F2 Logistics, a firm linked to Davao businessman Dennis Uy, will soon bag a multi-million peso deal to transport election paraphernalia nationwide for the 2022 elections.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc on Wednesday approved the award of contract to F2 for the warehousing and transport of forms, machines, and other equipment that will be used in next year’s polls.

This was confirmed by Comelec spokesman James Jimenez in a message to reporters.

F2 bested LBC Express, 2Go Express, and Airspeed International in bagging the logistics deal — with the lowest offer of ₱535.99 million, against a maximum contract price of ₱1.61 billion.

An official notice of award will be issued to the company to formalize the agreement.

Earlier this week, Comelec chairman Sheriff Abas ordered the Special Bids and Awards Committee to look into allegations of conflict of interest, as Uy is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s biggest campaign funders in the 2016 presidential race.

Uy is chairman of F2 Logistics while his wife, Cherylyn, serves as corporate treasurer. F2 is also among the subsidiaries of Uy’s Udenna Corporation, based on corporate disclosures.

Detained Senator Leila de Lima, who sought a probe into the logistics contract, had urged the government to avoid awarding deals to suppliers that have “participated in partisan political activities.”

F2 is a cargo forwarder founded in 2006, with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as one of its original incorporators, according to documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission.