Air conditioning, garbage collection and X-ray inspections are some of the services that the airport has contracted directly, after having signed emergency declarations, the prequisite to exempt them from the contractor selection process.

In this way, airport authorities will expedite the procurement process and gain time to advance the implementation of these projects.

Besides those already mentioned, the airport has also hired a company to perform maintenance and repair of buildings at the new domestic terminal. In this case, the contract was for $700 000 and was signed with the company Pan America Construction Corp (PanCAN).

An article in prensa.com indicates "contracts, which according to De Lima also were seen by the board of the airport, are for the provision of various works and services: The most substantial contract is with the company Air Mechanical Canal to supply 11 air conditioning units for $1.6 million, followed by a $1 million contract for the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of international non-hazardous waste from the terminal airport, awarded to the firm Ingeniería y Gestiones, S.A (Ingesa). In the latter case, Tocumen justified the recruitment as temporary measure until a public tender process is completed. "

Source: Prensa.com

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