A best value tender has been created with separate evaluation for the design, equipment, and construction of a Conventions Center for events and exhibitions in Amador, Panama City.
Friday, April 13, 2012
The Republic of Panama, through the Tourism Authority of Panama has created the project ‘Design, construction Equipment of a Center for Conventions Events and Exhibitions in the Amador in Panama City’. The Authority has decided to run the project using the methodology of Design / Build. For this purpose the Authority will select, through a bidding process using the best value model with separate assessment under a turnkey contract, a team of architects, engineers and builders able to design and construct the facilities described herein and in the stipulated time, acting as "Contractor" under a single agreement for Design / Construction.
It is the desire of the Tourism Authority of Panama to have a Center for Conventions Events and Exhibitions, which will be a major international center in Latin America. The goal is to create an iconic building and outdoor areas of approximately 42,000 square meters, representing the Authority's commitment to being a world leader in cultural and convention facilities. It is also desired that the project fits well into its urban context and contributes significantly to the economic development of the community in which it is located.
The tender will be for best economic value economic and technical assessment will be made separately. Each bidder must submit two separate proposals: one economic and the other technical.
The work includes a main building which will measure 40 thousand square meters, a theater with 1,500 seats, and an exhibition hall measuring 20 thousand square meters, and should be completed by March 2014. The land where the construction will be located measures 13 acres with a value of approximately $156 million.
Construction Management Group and the Consortia Desarrollo Boquete, Proyecto-ECI and Centro de Convenciones del Occidente, presented their offers to build the convention center in the province of Chiriqui, Panama.
"The Project consists in the design and construction of a Convention Center measuring approximately 6000 square meters and improvements to the site, including parking, landscaping, public spaces, signage and access roads described in these documents, for a global amount reflected in the reference price of the General Conditions.
In order to encourage business tourism and congresses in the area, plans are being made to tender the design and construction of a convention center in Boquete, in the province of Chiriquí.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has announced that they have already done the legal transfer of the lands where a "green" convention center will be built, with capacity for 2,000 people.The objective of the ATP is to boost the business of tourism and congresses in the province of Chiriquí.
In order for the building to have better conditions to accommodate large scale events, the original design has been modified to expand the leasable space to 30,000 square meters and include more parking spaces.
Authorities from the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) and representatives of the consortium CCA-Cocige, in charge of resuming the work which had been on hold since December 2014, have unveiled details of the new design for the convention center, which will be three times bigger than Atlapa.
The ATP said that the redesign does not change the cost of the work, which remains at $193.7 million and still leaves a construction area at 58 thousand square meters, of which 30,000 square meters are "salable areas for different types of events.The total capacity of the building is 25,000 people. "
In the statement issued by the ATP, the hierarch, Gustavo Him, notes that".... the main reasons for the redesign are to improve the functionality of the project, implement advanced technologies and, occasionally, to focus the project towards the growing and thriving industry of conferences and conventions, which brings into the country annual revenues of $700 million. 'More exhibition areas have been gained, taking into account the current need for the country to have a more competitive convention center with larger areas for conventions with around 1,700 parking spaces.' "
"...The work is currently 33% complete, corresponding to the construction of foundations and the building structure, which in the new design makes full use of the money invested in the project so far.The new design includes expanding the areas for exhibitions and having a main hall for fairs and exhibitions measuring 15,000 m2. "
See more details of the redesign in a statementissued by the ATP. (In Spanish)
The Tourism Authority of Panama has postponed a tender for the construction of the Convention Center, in the amount of $60 million, until 11 July 2012.
The submission of bids for the award of the new convention center in the area of Amador, which was to be held on May 29, 2012, has been postponed until July 11, 2012.
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