The new regulations for the tender will be issued by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), who will also fund and supervise the initiative.

"There have been some changes in the conditions, relaxing the requirements. This time, the bank will allow the work to be completed using asphalt, a material with which the companies have used consistently and have experience with.

After receiving the conditions, companies have a period of 30 days in which to submit their offer", reported Laprensagrafica.com.

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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After two failed tender processes, El Salvador's Minsitry for Public Works (MOP in Spanish) has received four bids to construct the new highway.

The new highway will connect the country's capital San Salvador with Santa Tecla 9.9 kilometers (6.5 miles) away.

According to a MOP press release, of ten companies that were invited to tender, four have expressed an interest in building the second stretch of the Bulevar Diego de Holguín road, which will see the project completed.

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The Salvadoran Ministry of Public Works has declared the tender void due to lack of bidders

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October 2010

15 companies are interested in building and 12 in supervising, those are the number of companies which have acquired bidding terms and participated on field visits.

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Construction of stretch II of the "Diego de Holguín" boulevard will be granted to a different company, through a bidding process.

Gerson Martínez, Public Works Ministry, informed that the basis for the bids are almost ready and they expect to invite bids in August.

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