The submission of proposals for the design and construction of a vehicular walkway and road interchange on the Cabuya roundabout in the province of Panama was postponed until November 30th.
The Ministry of Public Works decided to change from October 30th to November 30th, the deadline to receive proposals for the road work with a reference value of $66.0570.156.
The Guatemalan government will liquidate the works contract to extend 100 km of the CA2 East highway, which connects the department of Escuintla and the border with El Salvador.
The Ministry of Communications announced that this month they plan to liquidate the contract with Sigma Constructores, which had as objective to expand from two to four lanes the stretch of road that goes from Escuintla and ends at the border Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado, Jutiapa Department.
August 31 is the new date to submit proposals to design and build the branch that will connect the future Higher Technical Institute of the East, with Tocumen International Airport.
Metro de Panamá has granted a second extension to the deadline for delivery of bids, so that the companies interested in the tender can present their proposals for the work, which consists of the construction of a stretch of two kilometers, which will have two stations.
Following the Guatemalan government's liquidation of road works contracts with Brazil's Odebrecht, it has been announced that the date to submit bids in the new contests will be April 6.
The presentation of offers in the new competitions had been set for March 23, and after the Ministry of Communications completely rescinded the contracts with the construction company Odebrecht, representatives of the executive announced that the proposals for the works on 140 kilometers of the CA-2 road, will be received on April 6.
The list of six pre-qualified companies in the tender for the construction, estimated at $200 million, was rejected and a new tender could be convened.
Arguing "... incongruity between those listed in the resolution as having qualified after expressions of interest were submitted from six companies," the National Council of Alliances for Economic Infrastructure Development (Conadie) failed the assessment and rejected the resolution of the Evaluating Commission which declared the six companies to be prequalified.
The Changuinola II project has been reopened and on April 25 proposals for its design, financing, construction and operation will be received.
On April 25, the Empresa de Generación Eléctrica (Egesa) will receive proposals from those interested in the design, financing, construction and operation of the hydroelectric station Chan II, which will produce 213.6 MW, fed from waters of the Changuinola River in the province of Bocas del Toro.
Twenty companies attended a meeting on the tender for the study, design, construction and financing of the new National Cancer Institute.
Ingenieros Civiles y Asociados S.A., Omega Engineering Inc., FCC Construcción and other companies attended the meeting organized by the Ministry of Health.
One of the concerns expressed by the construction companies was that the "usable space" estimated in the specifications (15,100 m²) is too small to carry out the work.
With a price tag of $234 million, Odebrecht obtained the highest score in the tender for the design and construction of a third power transmission line.
From a press release by the Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A (ETESA):
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (ETESA) this morning presented the results of the total scores for the technical and economic evaluations of bids submitted by Consorcio Interconexión Panamá and Constructora Norberto Odebrecht for the design, supply, construction and financing of a third transmission line Veladero - Llano Sanchez - La Chorrera - Panama, in 230kV and adaptation to the associated substations. Meeting the deadlines set out in the Public Procurement Act 22, the company with the highest score in the bid was Constructora Norberto Obredecht.
New hydropower stations have increased installed capacity within Panama to 1,200 MW, but the two existing transmission lines can carry only 600 MW.
Although there is a bidding process to build a third transmission line, it is making slow progress, and the date of opening of financial proposals is still not known.
In addition, the evaluation committee at Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A.
The Consortium Interconexión Panamá and the construction firm Norberto Odebrecht have submitted bids to design and build the third power transmission line.
"After receiving two proposals, we now proceed to the stage of technical assessment, and later we would analyze the price of each proposal. If all goes well, then we would award and build the project" said Fernando Marciscano, manager of the Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (Etesa).
Ten construction companies and nine service companies attended the pre tender meeting for establishing the specifications for the expansion to four lanes of the Inter American Highway from Veraguas to Viguí.
Prensa.com reports: "This is the first of five sections that the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) is putting out to tender in order to complete the widening to four lanes of the highway between David and Santiago".
Thirteen companies have toured the Etesa power substations as part of the bidding process for the design, supply, construction and financing of the third transmission line of 230 kilowatts.
According to Argelis Echazabal, Project Manager at Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (Etesa), the tour is part of the bidding process as indicated in the tender conditions, so that bidders can obtain all the necessary field information for preparing their proposals.
An award will be given for the construction of the third transmission line Veladero-Llano -Sánchez-Chorrera Panama of 230 kilowatts, and the Associated Substations.
The companies who attended the clarification meeting of the tender sought to extend the deadline for the receipt of bids, set for next July 1.
"Among the participants were Techint, Ingelmec, Alubar Energy, Scotia Bank, Sadeven, IFE-Inproin Consortium, Guiehr / GE, Suclavalin Panama, Don Fang Electric and Inabasa, Odebrecht, among others," noted an article in Laestrella.com.pa.