Six companies will be able to present bids to build the complex of government offices for $200 million, including the much questioned Brazilian company Odebrecht.
The remaining five shortlisted firms are the Spanish group Ortiz Construcción y Proyectos Guatemala, Instalaciones Inabensa Spain, Consorcio CAE Guatemala, Gia Constructora and Edificadora y SBI International Holdings. From now on companies will have 3 months to submit their proposals.
Improvement works on 35 miles of road in the department of Quiché has been awarded to the company Construcciones, Servicios, Carreteras y Asesorías S.A.
The companies who participated in the public tender were Constructora Nacional S.A., which submitted a bid for $31 million and Constructora CODICO SA, whose bid was $30 million.
The company award the tender submitted a bid for $29.4 million, with a $1.4 million bond issued by Aseguradora Fidelis S.A.
The construction of 14 kilometers of road in Chimaltenango will be carried out by the company Constructora Nacional, which submitted the bid with the lowest amount.
Taking part in the public tender were the companies Construcciones, Servicios, Carreteras y Asesorías S.A., which submitted a bid of $43.9 million, Constructora de Obras Civiles S.A, with a bid of $43.2 million, SBI International Holdings, whose bid was $42,5 million and Norberto Odebrecht, whose bid was $55 million.