After several complaints from bidders in the tender for a project management services, the works on the South Terminal are progressing without any supervisor to certify them.
On August 23 the evaluation committee for the tender for project management services, presented a report stating that the highest score was awarded to the consortium ADPI / Ayesa / Csa / Cemosa while points were reduced for Prointec with the score being downgraded from 98 to 95.5 points and it was confirmed the Louis Berger Group received 96.5 points.
The company of Spanish origin has been awarded a contract for $10.4 million for the project management of the construction of the new convention center in Amador, Panama.
The commission which evaluated the proposals explained that this was the only company that met the specifications.
The Louis Berger Group, and consortia Hill-ICEACSA-Idea, and Group G-9 AEI-Vaf Ingenieros also bid $10.4 million for the project management contract with price tag of $11 million, but were rejected for not complying with the required documents during the tender process.
The Spanish Prointec is in first place to win the contract, after the a claim brought by its competitor Louis Berger Group was rejected.
Prensa.com reports: "The Public Procurement Directorate rejected the application filed by the company Louis Berger Group, who alleged that Tocumen SA, had refused to provide copies of the proposals".
The administration of the Tocumen International Airport explained that the procedures were performed in order to meet the company's request, however, they did not withdraw the requested documentation.
Louis Berger Group, Prointec, Hill - Iceacsa and Grupo 9 AIE - VAF- Ingenieros S.A., all presented bids for the Project Management of the new convention center in Amador.
The cost of the new convention center to be built in the Amador Causeway is $193.7 million and the reference price for the contract for monitoring the project is $11 million.
Prensa.com reports: "The firms Louis Berger Group (USA), and the Spanish Prointec, Hill - ICEACSA and Group 9 AIE- VAF-Ingenieros SA, bid $10.4 million."
The contract for the supervision of construction of the new convention center in Panama has a price tag of $11 million.
The companies participated in the clarification meeting for the tender to supervise the amphitheater being built on the Amador Causeway, an event in which it was agreed to amend the specifications. "In the original document stated that the stakeholders had to certify their participation in the last five years in seven contracts for project management, of which three had to be collectively worth over $200 million", reported Prensa.com.
In the tender for supervision of the construction of the South Terminal of the Airport of Tocumen five companies have submitted bids valued at around $19 million.
The five bids were below the reference price of $22 million. The business groups who submitted bids to oversee the construction of the multi million dollar terminal /0} had prices which varied by no more than $2000.
Tocumen SA could continue with the tender for project management of the South Terminal, after the Public Procurement Directorate archives the claim brought by CSA Group Panama.
"At the end of April CSA Group Panamá filed a claim stating that in Addendum 7, made by Tocumen to the tender specifications, the evaluation criteria was changed to qualify the experience of the participants", reported Prensa.com.
Tocumen SA has been ordered to temporarily suspend the tender to select the company that will oversee the construction of the South Terminal.
The Public Procurement Directorate (CMPD) took the decision after receiving a complaint lodged by the CSA Group Panama, Inc, who argued that the changes made to the specification could favor one participant.
CSA Group Panama, Inc, claims that they changed the evaluation criteria to qualify the experience of the participants, as it originally stated that 10 points would be allocated to bidders attesting to being hired in Panama, in the last five years, for at least 10 consulting services in the area of public infrastructure for private or public entities.
At a price of $4.6 million the consortium China Communications Construction Company / Louis Berger Group will design the third bridge over the Panama Canal.
The consortium will have a period of approximately 11 months to complete the design. The tender for construction could be carried out between June and July 2012.
"The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) had received six proposals to design the four lane bridge to be built over the waterway on the Atlantic side.”, noted an article in prensa.com
6 companies will supervise the construction of the Transverse Northern Highway (known as FTN, "Franja Transversal del Norte", in Spanish).
Four of them are from Guatemala: "Consultora en Proyectos de Ingeniería y Sistemas"; "Aquaingeniería, S.A."; "Tecnología y Normas, S.A.," and "Oficina de Ingeniería Raúl Meza Duarte". The other two companies are "Euroestudios S.L", from Spain, and "The Louis Berger Group, Inc", from the United States.