The government of Nicaragua has signed a contract with the Costa Rican company Meco for the construction of 6.8 kilometers of road for $11.5 million.
Nicaraguahoy.info reports that "The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure of Nicaragua, Fernando Martinez, signed in Masaya, along with the representative of the Costa Rican company Meco, Omar Jimenez Araya, an agreement for the construction of a 6.8 km ring road for international transit in the city of Masaya, through which 80 percent of the regional cargo passes through. "
The Brazilian company Norberto Odebrecht, with an bidding price of $679.4 million, will build the South Terminal of Tocumen International Airport.
The tender also featured the participation of Costa Rican Meco, Conalvías group from Colombia, and the China Harbour Engineering Company. A total of 33 companies were interested in bidding, participating in the approval process of the tender.
The technical proposals have finally been opened in the tender for the construction of a South Terminal at Tocumen International Airport, which will require an investment of $600 million.
The Brazilian company Norberto Odebrecht, Costa Rica's Meco, and Grupo Conalvías from Colombia, along with the China Harbour Engineering Company, were the four companies who submitted proposals for the required technical and financial proposals.
The Panamanian government will most likely award contracts to Odebrecht,Meco-Transcaribe Trading, and Meco-MCM to improve the water supply in Panama and San Miguelito.
If there are no complaints, the $157.8 million contract to Odebrecht will be confirmed, along with one of $33.9 million for the consortium-Meco Transcaribe Trading and a third worth $96.5 million for the M2 consortium formed by Meco and MCM.
The act of receiving the bid proposals has taken place for the "Project for the study, design, construction and operation of the enlargement and sustainable improvement of water and sewage systems in Panama."
From a press release from the Presidency of Panama:
The government today received bid for projects to improve the water and sewage system in Panama and San Miguelito.
Evaluation has begun for the award of a contract to build new bridges on the Interamericana Norte Highway, Costa Rica.
The project envisages construction of 18 bridges each having two lanes, on Route 1 between Cañas and Liberia.
Applicants include the companies Consorcio Guanacaste, Codocsa S.A., FCC Construcción de Centroamérica, Constructora Sánchez Carvajal, Constructora Meco and Consorcio Sogeosa-Intec, said the director of the National Roads Authority (Conavi), Carlos Acosta, who also confirmed that the evaluation stage has now started.
The IADB has objected to the methodology used to award the works for the expansion of the Interamerican North highway to the Spanish consortium FCC.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which is funding the expansion works, objected to the methodology used to analyze the reasonableness of prices, saying it violates the loan agreement approved by Congress.
The Controller of the Republic of Costa Rica has confirmed the award of the works on the oil terminal to the consortium ICA-MECO.
The regulator dismissed appeals filed against the award on the grounds that they lacked merit.
"The tender promoted by the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope) includes the construction of a Dukes quay berth, via which products that the country needs, such as gasoline, diesel and oil can be unloaded.
The MECO Construction Company has received the order to begin construction of a tunnel on the Panamerican Highway and renovation of the runway at Scarlett Martinez airport.
A statement of the Presidency of Panama reports:
President Martinelli has given the order to proceed on construction of road underpass and renovation works at the intersection of Rio Hato Airport.
The consortium will have 26 months to develop the oil dock project at Moin, at a cost of $96 million.
The Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery has awarded the construction and commissioning of the new oil dock to the consortium ICA - MECO, made up of the companies Ingenieros Civiles Asociados de CV and Constructora Meco S.A.
According to the schedule the construction phase is expected to begin during the first quarter of 2012, finishing in the months of June / July 2014. In total this will be 26 months of construction, costing $96 million. The project involves the construction of a dukes quay berth, on which products that the country needs, such as oil, gasoline, diesel and A-1 jet fuel, can be safely downloaded
Proposals to build a 50.6 km expansion of the Inter-American highway range between $75 and $182 million.
The National Roads Authority (Conavi), received 11 bids for the expansion and rehabilitation of national road No. 1, North American highway, for the stretch Cañas-Liberia.
The offers range from $75 to $113 million for the upgrade option using asphalt which has a lifespan of 12 years, between $87 and $182 million for asphalt with a lifespan of 20 years and between $95 and $166 million for the option using concrete with a lifespan of 20 years.
The company funded with Costa Rican capital has won the tender issued by the Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority for the construction of the Scarlett Martinez airport passenger terminal.
The company Meco, one of four who submitted proposals, was the only one that met all the requirements in the statement of specifications.
According to an article in Prensa.com, "Meco will do the work for $17.3 million and thus increases its presence in the country.
The Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority has received three bids for the construction of the airport in Rio Hato.
Of the 18 companies that had initially shown interest in the work, only the construction companies Riva S.A., Meco S.A. and Conalvías submitted bids.
With a reference price of $16.3 million, the bids were $ 15.9 million by Argentinian Riva, $17.3 million by Costa Rican Meco, and $ 18.3 million by Colombian Conalvías.
The offer by the Costa Rican construction company is $35.9 million, Panama Bacsa’s was for $36.1 million.
Both proposals are below the state reference price of $36.2 million.
As long as no objections are filed and requirements are fulfilled, Meco Construction will be awarded the contract.
Construction of the tunnel and refurbishment of the runway at Scarlett Martinez airport in Rio Hato must be completed within 14 months ", noted an article in Prensa.com