Centralmix was awarded the contract to rehabilitate streets in the townships of Bethania, Curundu, Don Bosco, Juan Díaz, Parque Lefevre, Pueblo Nuevo and Río Abajo, in the province of Panama.
On October 18th, the resolution of the contracting process for the works of the rehabilitation of streets of several townships of the province of Panama was published.
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.
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.
In an agreement with the Panamanian Public Ministry, the Brazilian construction company has committed to delivering all of the information related to Panama and paying a fine of $220 million.
From a statement issued by the Public Ministry of Panama:
August 1, 2017. - On Wednesday, July 26 of this year, the Public Ministry of the Republic of Panama signed an EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION agreement with ODEBRECHT, in compliance with Law 121 of December 31, 2013 (Law on Organized Crime), Act 15 of May 10, 2015 (Act adopting the United Nations Convention against Corruption) and Law 4 of February 17, 2017 (Law on Agreements on Penalty and Effective Collaboration in the Inquiry- Mixed System).
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.
On February 26 the contractor Odebrecht will start construction and will have a timeframe of 920 days to complete the work.
Starting February 26, the construction company Norberto Odebrecht will have 920 days to carry out the works for the third power transmission line. Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. gave the order to proceed on Wednesday.
"The project includes the construction of line extensions and yards at 230 KV in the substations in Veladero, Llano Sanchez, Chorrera and Panama."
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.
Consorcio Ininco S.A. was the best qualified bidder in the tender for the works for improvement and expansion of the Amador Causeway.
From a press release by the Ministry of Public Works in Panama:
The Ministry of Public Works today held the ceremony for opening the economic proposals for the best value tender for the study, design, partial financing, construction, improvement and extension of the causeway between Monumento a la Bandera and the Entry to Isla Flamenco.
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.
The Government of Panama awarded the contract to build an 8-km tunnel for sewage to the Brazilian Company Odebrecht.
The company is the same one to which the mega projects of the coastal belt, the Panama-Colón Highway and the Remigio Rojas irrigation system were awarded. In total, the current Panamanian government has awarded Odebrecht a total of $648.9 million.