10 companies participated in the preliminary meeting for bidding on the management of the Metro Bus system.
To the four companies which participated in the previous process, declared void on October 8th, the following companies joined: Unipago, TMS-Telemarca, Taborda Velez Transdata, King Holding and Cable & Wireless Panama.
"Companies interested in the contract, which has a reference price of $ 15 million, should make their proposals on November 30th, although several have requested an extension," wrote Prensa.com.
BCIE reported that it is still analyzing the information submitted by companies participating on the bid.
The proposals received were from DINA Camiones S.A. and Zapata Camiones S.A.
Country manager of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), Edda Magaly Melendez, said that “some of the analysis is performed by the international consulting firm specialized in technical, legal, financial and urban transport, Akiris de Colombia SA, which was hired by the BCIE to evaluate the information submitted by the Mexican companies participating in the bidding”, Laprensa.com.ni writes.
The Government will again invites bid the financial management services for $ 15 million.
The first bid held on October 8th was declared vacant.
This system will consist of an alternate payment mechanism to the exchange system, to be implemented and operated by an independent Financial Manager of Transportation.
The State will sign the contract with the Financial Manager and ensure it will receive remuneration according to the service, passengers carried and other terms and conditions of the Concession Agreement.
The government will introduce in November a second bidding process for the installation and operation of a payment system for the public transport.
The first contest with participation of four companies, Sonda of Chile; Confya formed by Colombians, Venezuelans and Panamanians; Metrorecaudo of Panama and Colombia, and Panama Card, was declared vacated by the Transit and Land Transport Authority.
Winners of a bidding process for urban transportation, Transporte Masivo de Panamá S.A., will contract 2,000 drivers.
The announcement was made by the director of the National Institute of Vocational Training for Human Development (INADEH), Themistocles Rosas.
Prensa.com writes, "Next November, Rosas said, classes will begin at the Training Center for Bus Operators, where applicants will be trained to drive buses for the new system."
Four companies submitted bids to fit and operate the charging system for Metro Bus passengers.
The participating groups were Chile's Sonda; Confya, formed by Colombian, Venezuelan and Panamanian businesses; Metrorecaudo from Panama and Colombia; and Panama Card.
"The four bidders are seeking to be awarded the contract for the 'financial administration service for Panama's metropolitan area transport system', which will last 15 years and has a reference price of $15 million," reports Prensa.com.
Two companies presented offers for the supply of 350 buses to the capital's public transport system.
Managua's public transport regulator, Irtramma, stated that the winning company will be anounced next week. The two companies that submitted proposals were DINA Camiones, S.A. and Zapata Camiones, S.A..
DINA Camiones, S.A. offered a contract worth $24.3 million while the Zapata Camiones, S.A.
‘Transporte Masivo de Panamá’, a Colombian-Panamanian consortium, achieved the highest score in technical merits and price, in a public acquisition to operate the Metro Bus transportation system.
After reviewing the technical report, the evaluation committee will announce the definitive winner of the contest.
The two other participating consortiums are “Metro Bus Panamá”, composed of Brazilian and Panamanian companies, and “Grupo Express”, made of Chilean and Colombian groups.
‘Metro Bus Panama’, one of the consortiums bidding for designing and operating the project, has proposed a “bus leasing system”.
On May 26, three consortiums submitted their proposals for ‘Metro Bus’, a public transportation system. The bid by ‘Grupo Express’ was priced at $275 million, the one by ‘Transporte Masivo de Panamá’ at $269 million, and ‘Metro Bus Panama’ presented the lowest priced one at $30 million.
“Metro Bus Panama”, “Express del Futuro”, and “Transporte Masivo de Panamá” were the three consortiums submitting bids.
Only three consortiums will participate in the bidding for designing, supplying and operating the new transportation system.
“Jorge Ricardo Fábrega, Government and Justice vice minister, explained that they will verify the required guarantees, which must correspond to 100% of the price of the bid”, reported Prensa.com.
The government will subsidize 200.000 daily gallons of fuel to the country’s 26.000 authorized transportation agents.
After negotiating with transportation companies, the government agreed to pay for $0.35 of each gallon of regular fuel and $0.40 of each gallon of diesel. The measure will apply to taxis and inter-urban, inter-municipal and sea transportation companies.
According to the new schedule, companies interested in developing and operating the new public bus transportation system called “Metro Bus” must submit their proposals on May 26.
The Executive Transport Commission changed the bidding rules to allow the participation of more companies, in response to a request from international consortiums interested in the project.
A bill passed by Congress in first debate introduces mandatory auctions when granting permits for public bus routes.
If it comes into effect, companies who already own licenses for bus routes will be able to participate in abbreviated processes to renew them.
Nacion.com reported comments by opposition congressmen Marvin Rojas, who stated that “this is in response to the inoperativeness of the Public Transportation Council, which has failed to do the tasks it was created for”.
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