In Panama, Bagatrac, S.A. was awarded the contract for the rehabilitation and widening of the La Concepción - Cuesta Piedra - Volcán highway, in the province of Chiriquí.
For the contracting process the companies that participated were Puentes y Calzadas Infraestructura S.L.U. with a proposal that reached $91.6 million, that of Mota-Engil S.A. to $89.9 million, that of Asfaltos Panameños S.A.
Conalvias Construcciones was awarded the contract to restore the streets of the townships of Caimitillo, Ernesto Córdoba, Las Cumbres, Alcalde Díaz and Chilibre, in the district of Panama.
On November 16th, the resolution of the contracting process for the works of rehabilitation of streets in several townships of the capital of the country was published in the portal PanamaCompra.
Constructora Meco won the contract to build a taxiway connecting the two terminals at Tocumen International Airport in Panama.
The work involves the design and construction of the street S4 and the extension of Street L1 in the International Airport in Panama City. The Costa Rican construction firm Meco won the contract with an economic proposal of $12.8 million, lower than all of the bids submitted by the other four participants in the tender.
In Panama the companies Bagatrac and Asociación Accidental Caminos de Darié, composed of Cusa and Toronto Global Holdings Corp. will renovate 100 kms of the Pan American Highway.
The renovation project was tendered and awarded in four sections, the first of which, 23 kilometers, has been awarded to the company Bagatrac, for $31 million. The same company was awarded one of the sections, of kilometers, worth $36 million.
In the aftermath of the corruption scandal in Brazil which included the arrest of its president, Odebrecht and its partner Cusa won the competition for the urban renewal of the city of Colon.
The Brazilian company is already running several works in Panama which total billions of dollars, and voices have been raised in all sectors calling for audits or simply banning calling the company's activities in Panama.
In Panama an award has been given to Constructora Urbana SA for a contract for the design and construction of an aqueduct, sanitation network and wastewater treatment plant in Boquete.
The National Council for Sustainable Development received a total of 9 proposals, the highest was presented by the company ININCO, S.A. for a total value of $25.9 million, followed by the company Consultores Profesionales de Ingeniería, S.A.
Out of three equal bids, the Costa Rican company Meco was awarded the contract for the construction of a road interchange at the former Howard military base.
The construction company beat its opponents Conalvías and Urban Construction SA (Cusa) in the final evaluation, after the three companies bid the same amount for the implementation of the project which will connect to the Centennial Bridge in the future.
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.