A direct purchase of 51 garbage trucks by the municipality of Panama City could be annulled due to anomalies in the acquisition process.
Businessmen and municipal delegates requested to reverse the decision to purchase 51 garbage trucks from companies “Equipa Panamá S.A” and “Partes Diesel”, for approximately $8.6 million.
Delegates from Volvo and Mercedes criticized the purchase, alleging they received an invitation to bid on April 1st in which they had only 4 days to submit a proposal. They explained it was difficult to do so in such short time, because “it was a millionaire negotiation involving many details and many activities were paralyzed, as it was a holiday week”.