Guatemala to Tender Heavy Machinery for $7 million
A tender is being prepared to acquire stone crushers, bulldozers, tire compactors, sweepers and materials for an asphalt reproduction plant.
Monday, March 6, 2017
The Ministry of Defense has allocated $7.2 million to the Army for the purchase of heavy machinery, which will be used in renovation work to be carried out this year in different parts of the country.
Army spokesman, Colonel William Garcia, told Elperiodico.com.gt that"... the Engineers Corps will start work this month on a tender to acquire: stone crushers, bulldozers, tire compactors or rod compactors, sweepers, and materials for plant for an asphalt reproduction plant and asphalt laboratory."
In the Dominican Republic motor graders, trucks, excavators, compactors, backpacks and other heavy machinery are being put out to tender.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase AGRICULTURA-CCC-LPN-2018-0011:
"The purpose of this call is the Acquisition of heavy equipment to be used for the renovation of local roads in different localities of the national territory by the Department of Construction and Reconstruction of Neighborhood Roads.
In the $11 million tender to supply dump trucks, compactors, tractors, mechanical blades and other heavy equipment, eleven companies took part.
The companies participating in thetender were: Melo S.A., IIASA Panamá, S.A., empresa Técnica Universal de Panamá S.A., Grupo Tiesa, S.A., Automotora Autostar, S.A., empresa F. Icaza y Compañía, S.A., Cardoze & Lindo, S.A., Airco, S.A., Comercial de Motores, S.A., Equipos Coamco, S.A., and the company Bering Motors.
The demand for machinery in the construction sector is characterized by a need for local back up in terms of technical support and availability of spare parts, guarantee of operation, and facilities for purchase or leasing.
An article in Revista Construir notes that among the machinery needed for regional infrastructure projects are "hydraulic excavators, front loaders, retro excavators, articulated trucks, motor graders, soil compactors, crushing plants, electric generators, trucks, wagons, trailers, steam rollers, asphalt distributors, milling machines, road reclaimers, sweepers and water tanks."
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