Tender for the basic and detailed design of the tunnel for the Panama Canal crossing of the Metro Line, the service must include evaluations of the construction works of this project.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-80-0-08-LV-003503:
"The tendered services shall include Tunnel design, design decision documentation, system descriptions, performance criteria, construction technical specifications and estimated costs for construction, maintenance and operation.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender an inspection service for the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7768761:
"For the work in question, the following lines will be hired:
The construction of an overpass near Rancho Navarra, in San Salvador, is estimated at $25 million and could be tendered in the first half of this year.
The project is for an aerial roundabout that would connect La Cima to Vista Hermosa, in addition to providing a pedestrian crossing. Construction could start in the second half of this year, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender the inspection service of the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
Guatemala Government Purchase 4425642:
"Contract for an inspection service of adduction tunnel at Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant, with a flooded tunnel whose length is 25.96 kilometers with diameters ranging between 4.94 and 4.35 meters.
The Ministry of Public Works is aiming for the state run power company and not a construction company to be the entity that builds a 5 kilometer road tunnel arguing that the advantage is that "we would not have to tender it".
In order to expedite the long timeframes for navigating the tortuous paths to government procurements by tender, the Solis administration intends to proceed under the 'exceptional' criteria set out in the Government Procurement Act, and take advantage of the "tunnellers" at the Instituto Costarricense Electricity (ICE), which will be left idle once construction of the Reventazon hydroelectric dam is completed. The government is considering contracting the state company directly, without declaring a tender in which private construction companies could also put forward offers and be considered for the work. According to the chief of the department, the work consists of building a tunnel connecting Hacienda Vieja de Curridabat with the roundabout of social guarantees in Las Garantías Sociales Zapote (5 kilometers).
Preparations are being made for a tender to be launched in September for the construction of a tunnel under the Masferrer roundabout in San Salvador, in order to begin works at the end of the year.
The Road Maintenance Fund expects to announce the tender in September in order to begin construction in December.
"...During the period of time of the process (preparation of the tender), which would be about two months, works will be carried out expanding to four lanes the road 87th Avenida Sur, which will be one of the main alternate routes used while the tunnel is being built."
An announcement has been made that in August the bidding rules will be released for the construction of a road tunnel in Colonia Escalon, San Salvador.
The Road Maintenance Fund (Fovial) reported that the tunnel under the the Masferrer roundabout will be the first of several constructions of over and underpasses that will be developed between now and 2015.
The offer by the Costa Rican construction company is $35.9 million, Panama Bacsa’s was for $36.1 million.
Both proposals are below the state reference price of $36.2 million.
As long as no objections are filed and requirements are fulfilled, Meco Construction will be awarded the contract.
Construction of the tunnel and refurbishment of the runway at Scarlett Martinez airport in Rio Hato must be completed within 14 months ", noted an article in Prensa.com