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 the Dominican Republic, the construction of passenger stations for the interurban system in Gran Santo Domingo and the National District is being tendered.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase MOPC-CCC-LPN-2018-0018:
"Construction of interurban passenger stations in Gran Santo Domingo and the National District (Terminal interurbana del Cibao, Los Alcarrizos)."
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 Municipality of Villa Nueva is calling on companies who are interested in the concession, for a period of 25 years, of the first Municipal Line of the Public Air Transport Service by Cable Car.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7184689:
"National and international public tender for the concession of a municipal line of public air transport service by Cable-MIO cable car for the municipality of Villa Nueva of the department of Guatemala.
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.
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.
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.
Italy's Salini Impregilo, Brazil's Odebrecht, the Chinese firm CHEC and Costa Rica's MECO are the four companies that participated in the field trip to see the route that line 3 will take.
From a statement issued by Metro de Panama:
With a visit to the site where the works of Line 3 of the Metro de Panama will be developed, today saw the start of the pre-selection process of companies eligible to participate in the Best Value Tender with separate evaluation for the construction of this mega project, which will benefit a large population of the province of Panama West.
Metro de Panama has been given approval to publish, in the coming days, the conditions for prequalification in the tender for selection of a prime contractor for Line 3.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
The Cabinet Council has authorized the corporation Metro de Panama, SA (MPSA), to begin the process of prequalification of bidders for the holding of a public act corresponding to the project implementation and commissioning of the system for Line 3 of the Metro.
President Varela announced that in the second week of May 2017 the tender will be launched for the construction of Metro Line 3, which in its first phase will run from Albrook to Ciudad del Futuro.
Through a public-private partnership scheme the government is looking for land and a private developer to build a bus terminal for routes from Cartago to Curridabat.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport:
The Minister of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), through its Public Transport Council (CTP), signed on Thursday, with the Municipalities of Curridabat and Cartago, a framework cooperation agreement to improve access to public transport.