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After having stopped the process because of an action proposed by one of the participating consortiums, the authorities decided to lift the suspension of the tender for the design and construction of the branch that will connect the future ITSE with the international airport of Tocumen.
The tender was suspended at the beginning of November because of an action presented to the General Directorate of Public Contracting (Dgcp) by Consorcio Línea Aeropuerto, in which it requested the designation of a new commission to evaluate technical proposals, the partial annulment of the report of the evaluating commission and a new analysis of its technical proposal.
In Guatemala, it is proposed to develop an underground metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital and would require a $700 million investment.
The new project proposed is in addition to the several proposals and attempts that have been made to implement a mass transportation system in the metropolitan area of Guatemala, which resolves at once the serious problem of road congestion affecting the capital. Thus, in addition to the Metro Riel project and the urban cable cars between Mixco, Villa Nueva and the capital, a new initiative has now been added to build an underground train.
The Consortium Line 2 Branch, made up of the companies Norberto Odebrecht and FCC, obtained the highest score in the tender to design and build the branch that will connect the future Instituto Técnico Superior del Este with Tocumen International Airport.
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Evaluation of Proposals – Best Value Tender with Separate Evaluation No. 2018-2-80-0-08-LS-001716
Acciona Construccion and the Consortia Linea Aeropuerto and Linea 2 Ramal presented their proposals to design and build the branch that will connect the future Instituto Tecnico Superior del Este with the Tocumen international airport.
The contract contemplates the design engineering services, construction of civil works, auxiliary line installations and stations, and interfaces with the integrated railway systems for the start-up of the branch that connects Line 2 of the Metro with the ITSE and the AIT. The integrated railway systems will be contracted separately by MPSA, as they must be fully compatible with Line 2 systems.
The government announced that in 2019 it will invest $578 million in the completion of Line 2 and in the construction of the branch that goes from the Technological University to Tocumen.
Although Line 2 must be operational in April 2019, Metro de Panamá announced that in January it will bring into operation five stations and 12 of the 20 wagons that the Line will have, in order to meet demand foreseen during World Youth Day.
The pre-feasibility study for the new master network includes estimates of future demand up to 2040, and recommendations on the location of stations for lines 2A, 4 and 5.
The study recommends starting with Line 2A, as this would complete Line 2 and would significantly ease the exchange at San Miguelito and Line 1, by giving users the opportunity to head to the city center through Ave.
The Latin American Development Bank is calling for expressions of interest to carry out a feasibility study on the public transport system in the center of Panama City.
Public Purchase LAIF 202061471:
"The services which are the object of this invitation consist of carrying out the activities that are necessary to develop a Feasibility Study on the Public Transportation System of Panama City Center, which must contain, as a minimum, the following: proposal of a collective public transport system consisting of a tram as a structuring element and buses (or other modes) that feed and complement the former, for the city center.
The new regulation for the transport technology platform establishes that the service can be provided exclusively in the provinces of Panama Oeste, Panamá, Colón and Coclé.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
Drivers working with transportation technology platforms must be over 21 years of age and have a Type E1 license, issued by the Transit and Land Transportation Authority (ATTT).
Of nine companies participating in the prequalification process, seven were authorized by Metro de Panama to participate in the international tender to build Line 3.
From a statement issued by Metro de Panama:
Metro de Panamá informs that a total of 7companies, out of the 9 that participated in the prequalification process, met the requirements to participate in the international public tender for the construction of Metro Line 3.
Guatemala's taxi companies reacted to UBER's threat as any good entrepreneur does: innovating in order to improve and be more competitive.
In other countries taxi drivers are trying to resist the progress that the collaborative economy represents for users, relying on alleged"acquired rights"with the complicity of inefficient governments. In Guatemala, taxi companies have united and launched mobile applications that make life easier for their users.
The consortium made up of two Japanese companies and one French company will develop the pre-feasibility study for the new metro master network, with emphasis on lines 4 and 5.
The consortium, called Nippon Koei Lac-Sytra, is made up of the Japanese companies Nippon Koei Co. Ltd and Nippon Koei LAC Inc, and the French company Sytra.
A call has been made for expressions of interest to develop a pre-feasibility study for a new network master plan for the Panama Metro system, with emphasis on lines 4 and 5.
From the announcement made by the Panama Metro Secretariat:
The general objective of the consulting services for a pre feasibility study for a New Network Master Plan for the Panama Metro System is to undertake pre feasibility analysis of the New Network Mater Plan for the Panama Metro, with emphasis on lines 4 and 5, starting from demand estimates developed under the TRANUS system, updating the MPSA database in terms of the physical, socioeconomic and urban development variables of the various corridors that make up the network.