The consortium Ayesa Panama has won the contract to project manage the construction of the new convention center in Amador.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has awarded a $4.5 million contract for services administration, inspection, supervision and quality control for the design, construction and equipment of the new center for conventions, exhibitions and events in Amador, reported Prensa.com.
Cemosa, Consorcio Amador, Consorcio Proyecto SEG and Ayesa have presented their proposals to oversee the construction of the new convention center.
Of the ten companies that were interested in the tender to project manage construction of the Convention Center of Amador, four have formalized their offers in the public tender, according to Prensa.com.
The companies interested in supervising the construction of the convention center in Amador, Panama, will have until February 18th to submit their proposals.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has granted the request made by the interested parties to extend the date of the tender for the design, construction, and equipping of the new center for conventions, exhibitions and events in Amador, which was originally scheduled for February 12, reported Prensa.com. The institution will receive the proposals on 18 February.
Ten companies are interested in managing the construction of the convention center in Amador.
The companies involved are A.C.I. Proyectos S.A.S., EA Panamá, Ayesa, Manhattan Construction Group, SGS Panamá Control Services, The Louis Berger Group, Cemosa, Proyeco Panamá, Consorcio Glag and Consorcio Urbano, who are competing for the project management of the design, construction, and equipment the new center for conventions, exhibitions and events in Amador.
The Spanish-American consortium made up of Ayesa Ingeniería y Arquitectura S.A, The Louis Berger Group and Metro de Barcelona will be responsible for the project management.
The Secretariat of the Panama Metro has awarded PML2 Consortium (Spanish-American) contract for Project Management (Project Management) of Metro Line 2.
According to a statement issued by the Secretariat of the Metro, "...
Due to complaints submitted by one of the bidders, the Secretariat of the Panama Metro will have to reevaluate all offers within a period of between 15 days and two months.
On July 2 the winner of the tender had been designated as the consortium PML2 made up of the companies Ayesa, The Louis Berger Group and TBM, but the consortium Panama 2 submitted complaints, which must be reviewed by the evaluation committee, delaying the award of the work.
A contract has been signed for the supply and installation of an integrated computer system for resource planning, which should be operational in 2015.
From a press release by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Panama:
A contract for the supply and installation of the Integrated System for Planning Resources of the Public Sector Government of the Republic of Panama: Stage I Central Government signed the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the Spanish companies AYESA Advanced Technologies SA and the Consortium Informático El Corte Inglés Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
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."
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.