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.
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of offers in the new competitions had been set for March 23, and after the Ministry of Communications completely rescinded the contracts with the construction company Odebrecht, representatives of the executive announced that the proposals for the works on 140 kilometers of the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.
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.
With a price of $234 million, the company Norberto Odebrecht has been awarded the design and construction of a third power transmission line.
The resolution for the award by the Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (Etesa) includes the acceptance of the proposed plan for long-term financing by the Brazilian construction company Norberto Odebrecht, however, it does not detail what the conditions are.
Contracts for $922 million were awarded to five companies for expanding and renovating 185 kilometers of the Inter American Highway.
The value of the works has exceeded the estimate made by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of $750 million. The construction company Norberto Odebrecht was awarded 71.24 kilometers from Santiago- Vigui. Its financial proposal was $339.5 million and the MOP's reference price was $352.8 million.
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.
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.