Panama Metro tenders engineering services for the design, supply, assembly and installation, testing and commissioning of the integrated railway system for the extension to Villa Zaita and integration with the existing Line 1.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-80-0-08-LP-003842:
"As per the scope of each line item the Contractor shall design, supply and install all required Integrated Rail System elements and project equipment including, but not limited to:
On a 17-hectare site located in a sector near the City of the Future, Metro de Panama S.A. plans to build the yards and workshops that will be used to provide preventive and corrective maintenance to the components of this means of transportation.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence area, Metro de Panamá S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to develop the project called "Yards and workshops of Line 3 of the Panama Subway".
The award of the contract to the HPH Joint Venture Consortium became final, after several claims submitted in the tender process for the design and construction of Metro Line 3 were resolved.
Héctor Ortega, director of Metro de Panamá, S.A., announced that on February 4 the resolution confirming the award to the HPH Joint Venture Consortium (integrated by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.) of the Best Value Bid with Separate Evaluation for the construction and commissioning of Metro Line 3 was published.
In response to complaints filed by Consorcio Línea 3, ACPC Línea 3 and China Railway Group Limited in the tender for the design and construction of Panama Metro Line 3, it was ordered to suspend the public tender.
The proposal of the HPH Joint Venture Consortium was the one with the best qualification in the tender for the design and construction of Line 3 of the Panama Metro, which will reach Ciudad del Futuro in Arraijan.
The business conglomerate with a score of 893 points is composed of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. - POSCO - Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd, official sources reported.
The contract for access to the railway network was signed between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovías, which will serve for the construction project of a Metro Riel, an estimated investment of $772 million.
On July 29th in a ceremony held at the Museo del Ferrocarril del Centro Histórico, it was reported that in addition to the signing of the contract for access to the railway network between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovias Guatemala (Fegua), also signed the bases of coordination between the Municipality, Fegua and Anadie, which will facilitate the development of the project.
Back on the table once again is discussion of a project to construct Metro Rail for Guatemala City, which would stretch 20 kilometers from the capital and require an investment of close to $800 million.
The Municipality of Guatemala, the National Agency of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie), Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (Fegua) and Ferrovías signed a cooperation agreement to establish the mechanisms that allow for the Metro Rail transportation system to be put into operation.
A proposal has been made to build an elevated monorail metro system, which would use three circuits with a 40 kilometers lenght to connect the city from La Sabana to Curridabat.
The consulting firm Monorrieles de Costa Rica, S.A. presented the project, which consists of developing an integral public transport system in the metropolitan area of Costa Rica, for which they would build an Elevated Monorail Metro, which would function as a collector-disperser transit system.
The government of Costa Rica wants to develop the project with the help of a private partner, who would contribute $1.3 billion for construction, among other things, of the new railway, wiring, tunnels and monitoring systems.
The project to build a rapid train service connecting Alajuela to Cartago, and which would fix the transportation problem affecting the Greater Metropolitan Area, requires a total investment of close to $2 billion, of which $1.3 billion would have to be contributed by a private company, through means of a concession for both the construction and operation of the line.
The electric train planned for development in Costa Rica would cover a length of 80 kilometers of track, and the physical infrastructure of the project alone would have an estimated cost of $1.353 million.
At the end of December 2017 the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles presented an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to build an electric train transport system in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM).
With $40 million from the state insurer, the Costa Rican Railway Institute could bring back into issue the railway line from Río Frío de Sarapiquí to the port of Limón.
Although the efficiency in the planning and execution of projects is not something that Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles is famous for, the initiative to restore the railroad and reimplement the container transport service from the port of Limón to Río Frio could, if it finally materializes, help improve the damaged reputation of the state run railway company.
After a long process, a $7 million contract to install traffic lights and points on 91 railroad crossings in the Greater Metropolitan Area has finally been awarded.
Since the tender was announced at the end of last year, the process came up against several obstacles which caused delays, such as appeals by the state railway company and participating companies.
Public companies from Italy, Spain, China and Switzerland have expressed interest in taking part in the proposed implementation of an urban electric train system.
Carlos Vargas, president of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) confirmed with Nacion.com an interest on the part of foreign public companies and noted that"... for now we can not give out details of the persons concerned or the type of partnership that could be used to operate the transport system, as they are awaiting the results of a prefeasibility study."
The Incofer has allocated $11 million to install a security system that includes boom barriers, illuminated and audio signals.
Christian Vargas, executive president of the Costa Rican Institute of Railways (Incofer), told Nacion.com that "..."The tender for a safety system to help prevent further collisions with the train could be ready this month'It would include boom barriers, luminous signs and audio signs ... we have over 200 crosses from Cartago and going towards Alajuela and Belen.'"