The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice did not admit the warning of illegality presented by the CAMCE Consortium in the tender process for the construction and equipping of the new Children's Hospital in Panama.
According to the report of the Evaluation Commission, published on May 22, 2019 on the PanamaCompra portal, the CAMCE Consortium's proposal, which totaled $613 million, obtained a score of 72 and that of Consorcio Acciona Construcción, S.A., which totaled $614 million, its rating was 87.92. See evaluation details.
Due to the fact that the company China Camc Engineering Co. Ltd. filed an appeal, suspension of the act for prequalification of the work, estimated at $281 million, has been ordered.
The General Directorate of Public Procurement decided to accept the Appeal Suit submitted by the representative of the Chinese company Camc Engineering, against the evaluation report for the act for the "Prequalification for studies, construction, equipment and maintenance of the new Children's Hospital, Maternity of the Hospital Santo Tomás, and annexed areas, restoration of the gardens and remodeling of the Abeja building".
A $7.6 million contract has finally been endorsed for the design of the Children's Hospital, nearly six months after it was awarded to the companies Pinearq, S.L.P. and Ayesa.
From the delivery of the order to proceed, the consortium "Diseño Hospital del Niño" will have nine months to design and make the construction plans for the medical center.
The contract for the work has not yet been sent to the Comptroller to be endorsed, despite the fact that it has been nearly two months since the award of the design of the hospital to the consortium DHN.
Bureaucracy in the Panamanian state apparatus has prevented a contract between the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the consortium Diseño Hospital del Niño (made up of the companies Pinearq, S.L.P.
Due to complaints from participants, proposals were reevaluated, with confirmation given that the winner was the Spanish consortium "Diseño Hospital del Niño" for the design and preparation of plans for the new hospital.
The resolution of the award was published on December 31, 2015, after a reassessment of all of proposals at the request of four participants.
The Ministry of Health in Panama has annulled the current process and announced a new tender for mid-2015.
The construction of the Hospital del Niño in Panama will be delayed another year, after the authorities suspended the bidding process initiated by the Martinelli administration.
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Participating companies have reported irregularities in the award of the work.
Companies interested in the tender for study, design, plan development, construction and financing of the new Children's Hospital in Panama have alleged there are irregularities in the award of the project.
The latest complaint was presented by Agrupación Nuevo Hospital del Niño y Acciona Infraestructura, against a staff report prepared by the evaluation committee of the Ministry of Health (MoH), where the virtual winner is FCC Construction.
The Ministry of Health is to assess the economic proposals presented in the tender for the construction of a new Children's Hospital.
Under the order of the Public Procurement Directorate, the Ministry of Health will review again the economic proposals of the companies that participated in the tender for the construction of the new Children's Hospital, on 18 November.
Of the 24 companies present at the clarification meeting for the tender, in the end only seven presented bids.
Today it will be determined if the companies meet the requirements of the technical proposal to build the new Children's Hospital. In the next thirty days the evaluation committee must submit a report to present the winning of the award.
The project award is for best value and separate evaluation.