The opening of bids for cleaning services will be held on January 21, and for the selection of a project manager for the expansion work the new date is January 25.
Prensa.com reports that "two tenders by Tocumen SA have been rescheduled at the request of interested companies who asked for more time to submit their proposals. These are abbreviated best value tenders for contracting out cleaning services in the International Airport Tocumen, and to choose a project manager to oversee construction of the new extension (South Terminal). "
At the close of 2012 the movement of passengers through the Tocumen International Airport exceeded 6 million.
Total passenger traffic up to October reached 5.7 million, a million more than in the same period in 2011.
Given the natural increase in passenger arrivals in the months of November and December because of the year-end festivities, official projections suggest that the airport will have handled 6.8 million passengers by the end of the year.
The reference price is $15 million, the approval meeting was held on Monday 17 and proposals are due on 16 January 2013.
The first announcement of the best value tender was published on November 1 on the website PanamaCompra and the approval meeting should have taken place on Friday November 9.
After stopping the first call, Tocumen SA, republished the tender specifications.
In the first ten months of the year 1.2 million visitors came into Panama through Tocumen International Airport, which is 14.6% more compared to the same period in 2011.
According to the Tourism Authority of Panama, 251 000 people came from the United States (8.7% higher than in 2011), followed by Colombia with 201,000 people (an increase of 11.8%), Venezuela with 150,000 people (14.5%) and finally Europe with 119,000 people (8.8% higher than 2011).
The Public Procurement Directorate ordered the management company of the airport terminal to suspend the tender for the redevelopment of the Immigration and Customs area.
This is the second time that the bidding is suspended due to complaints filed by the participants.
The claim, admitted by the directorate, was presented by the consortium Azyza-As-Fagar, who is dissatisfied with the score received in the line of previous experience.
Spain’s Global Exchange complained before the Airport Council of Latin America and the Caribbean of irregularities in the award of currency exchange services.
In a letter presented to the president of the ACI-LAC, Philippe Baril, Global Exchange remarks the long process for the award of the concession for currency exchange services at Tocumen International Airport.
In 2012, the number of passengers in transit through Tocumen airport who took time out during their connections to visit the city, increased by 48% compared to the previous year.
Between January and October 2012, the total number of day visitors amounted to 119,054.
Generally tourists arrive with an tour already in mind which includes taking in the shopping centers, according to information from tour operators.
In Panama, the administrators of Aeropuerto Internacional Tocumen SA are putting out to tender comprehensive inspection and monitoring services for the construction of the South Terminal.
The purpose of the tender is the procurement of Comprehensive Monitoring Services, Inspection and Control of Construction Works Project of the South Terminal of the International Airport of Tocumen.
In a reversal of the decision of having them administered by Tocumen SA, the airports of David, Colon and Rio Hato will be granted in concession to private companies.
The Panamanian government now believes that it would not be suitable for Tocumen SA to manage – along with Tocumen International Airport - these airport terminals, which are being remodeled at a cost of $138 million.
Tocumen SA, administrator of the Panama International Airport, has canceled the tender in order "to make changes to the specifications."
An article in Prensa.com reports that the cancellation "came five days after the specifications for the tender were published in PanamaCompra, having a reference price of about $15 million."
The administration of the Tocumen International Airport is putting out to tender the procurement of cleaning services for airport facilities.
The work for this contract includes the execution of all activities necessary for a "CLEANING SERVICE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACILITIES AT TOCUMEN" according but not limited to, plans provided by TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SA, as a baseline for proposals.
The airport management company in Panama will have more freedom in managing funds, income and assets.
The draft Bill 528, introduced in the National Assembly last week, seeks to give more flexibility to Tocumen SA, mainly to facilitate access to financing.
This project expands decree No 65 of 2012, which added to Tocumen SA’s powers the management of the terminals David, Rio Hato and Colon.
President Martinelli has announced that in November there will be a tender for an ‘airport city’ in the east of Panama City.
At the opening of the Expo Logistics Panama in the Atlapa Convention Center, Martinelli reported on the development of Panama as a global logistics hub, and infrastructure projects in the making.
Travelex from the UK and Credicorp Bank from Panama are the two companies participating in the tender procedure for the installation of three local money exchanges at the International Airport.
Today will see the opening of the bids submitted by Travelex and Credicorp Bank to obtain a concession for 10 years, with a base price stipulated by Tocumen SA, of $1.35 million.