None of the three participating companies met the requirements established in the tender to supply 70 buses for the urban transportation system in Panama.
Three companies took part in the process to sell 70 units for public transport services to the Mass Transportation Company of Panama (MiBus), with economic offers that ranged between $6.9 million and $7.6 million, but all three were discarded due to non-compliance with part of the requirements established in the tender conditions.
A decree which is pending publication in the official newspaper, changes the subsidy received by transporters, for the creation of a fund from which the money would be obtained to buy new buses.
An article on Latribuna.hn reports that the National Congress has approved a decree requested by the Executive, which determines that "...What was previously received as a subsidy by the owners of urban transport units in Honduras, will now become part of a common fund from which the resources will come for the purchase of new units, under a subsidy mechanism with government participation."
Transporte Masivo de Panamá is putting out to tender a supply of 70 medium-sized buses for the transporting passengers in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito.
Panama Government Purchase 2017-2-81-01-08-LV-000001:
"Some characteristics of the buses required:
-4-stroke diesel engine of minimum 6 liters, minimum 250 HP and heat exchanger with European emission regulations EURO III.
As part of a plan to streamline traffic on the North and South corridors, the company Mi Bus has allocated $22 million to enabling six lanes and $46 million in the purchase of 273 buses.
The proposal of the public company Mi bus consists in reconfiguring lanes on the North and South corridors, in order to enable an exclusive bus lane along both tracks.The company First Transit, manager of Mi Bus, explained that $15 million will be allocated to enabling six lanes instead of the four that currently exist and $7 million will be spent on road signs.
The growth trend in new car sales is being maintained, with 19,846 vehicles sold in the first four months of the year, 5% more than in the same period in 2014.
Showing an increase of 1,003 units, there is a marked expansion in the vehicle fleet. Regular cars, SUVs, minivans and trucks are pushing the figures up, according to the Comptroller General of the Republic.
The visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping resulted in concrete facts that indicate the interest of Asian country for Central America, and consolidate Costa Rica as their bridgehead to the region.
Elfinancierocr.com has reported on the most relevant of these acts, the signing of a $400 million loan at a very low interest rate, to finance the expansion of a major road linking the capital of Costa Rica with the main port of the country.
The Municipality of Guatemala City is putting out to tender the lease-purchase of 28 articulated buses for the South Axis of the Transmetro for a period of 96 months.
The 40% extra-urban transport which enters the capital, is located in southern Guatemala City. In order to provide good service, the multiplicity of Guatemala has launched a mass transit passenger system known as the Transmetro.
The Korean firm Daewoo has offered to cooperate with the Costa Rican government in order to overhaul the bus fleet with environmentally friendly units.
Company representatives from Daewoo, the leading supplier of buses in the country, claimed that they are able to manufacture buses that run on biodiesel or natural gas.
The country has among its plans the renewal of some 4,000 transport units and part of this could be implemented with the Korean company, said Environment Minister Rene Castro.
The assembly company Daewoo produces units which are sold in the Dominican Republic and put together to be sent to Panama.
The assembly plant in Costa Rica is preparing six units which will soon be sold to clients in the Dominican Republic, as part of their regional expansion plans, revealed its president Max Anderson.
The company also has plans to sell units to Panama.
The Legislature has approved a loan to finance the implementation of the "San Salvador Metropolitan Area Transport Program."
These financial resources have been provided with the aim of improving public transportation and transit for passengers in the metropolitan area of San Salvador, with at its core, the implementation of a mass transit system of articulated buses in designated preferential lanes.
The Transport Ministry announced the construction of a transportation system with articulated buses with preferential lanes.
This model, known as BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), consists in the development of exclusive lanes for high capacity modern buses and has been implemented in countries such as Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
The plan includes a network of 6 main routes, the first of which will run for 5.3 kilometers from Soyapango Integration Terminal to the transfer station in Plaza Gerardo Barrios, in front of the Cathedral.
The 43 buses which will join the new Metro Bus system, arrived the Panamanian port of Manzanillo.
The arrival of the 43 buses from Colombia, add to the first 11 units which entered the country a week ago.
These 54 buses form the first group of 120 units required to start operations in the South Corridor, planned for late December.
In the next 10 days or so, said Minister of the Presidency, Jimmy Papadimitriu, the new system will begin operating in the South Corridor and in January of next year, it will change the entire public transport fleet which uses the Northern Corridor.
The IDB loan will help implement a bus network in Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela.
Honduras will implement a modern public transport system in the Central District and improve the quality of life for residents of major urban centers with a loan of U.S. $ 30 million approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The objective of this project is to build a competitive city, efficient and equitable, with opportunities for sustainable mobility for the lower income population and provide transportation to job opportunities and economic and social development.