"The Canal Authority did not leave any loose ends, it was a very rigid system in which everything was recorded."
"Impartial, transparent and confidential" is the description of the bidding process by the former Canal Administrator Alberto Alemán Zubieta, who started the Canal expansion project in 2007.
"From the moment when the Canal authority decided to start a project for the design and construction of the third set of locks, which is the biggest part of the program, prequalification of companies started.
The Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers in Panama is tendering out the construction of aqueducts and sewers in Camino Real Bethania.
Panama Government Purchase 2013-2-66-0-08-LV-007 420:
"WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION IN CAMINO REAL BETHANIA AND PUMPING STATION IN BETHANIA"
The deadline for submission of proposals is 14 February 2014.
The date and time of the pre-approval meeting is January 17, 2014 at 09:00 am at the AUDITORIUM HALL SERGIO GONZALEZ RUIZ, FOURTH FLOOR, BUILDING ON IDAAN VIA BRASIL.
The Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers is putting out to tender the design and construction of monitoring points in the network system of the matrix of Aqueducts in Panama City.
Panama Government Purchase 2013-2-66-0-08- LV 007382:
"DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MONITORING AND CONTROL POINTS IN THE NETWORK SYSTEM OF THE MATRIX OF AQUEDUCTS OF PANAMA CITY, GROUP 1. "
The Ministry of Public Works is inviting bids for road maintenance works in the Province of Panama.
Panama Government Purchase 2013-0-09-0-08-AV-003340:
"Stabilization with Slabs with injection of Grout and Cement and Sealing Cracks and Joints"
One of the most important activities for keeping the conditions of service of the streets, avenues and major roads in the country is repairing the damage suffered by roads, which require attention every year at the beginning of the dry season.
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.
Thirteen construction companies have submitted their proposals for repair and construction works in the "Circunvalación" highway, in the capital of Costa Rica.
The companies that submitted proposals to Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (Conavi) are: Ascamón y Tapusa, Sánchez Carvajal, PuentePrefa, Internego, Hernán Solís, MECO, Grupo JCB, Codocsa, Cimolai, Marlin Bridges, Edica, Crecex and Gepesa.
The Costa Rican Chamber of Construction has requested explanations about recent public works contracts through other States or international organizations.
A statement from the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (CCC) reads:
CCC REQUESTS TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND PUBLIC WORKS
In a memorandum to President Laura Chinchilla, the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (CCC) has asked the Government for full transparency for the development of infrastructure projects and public works that have recently been announced, extra ordinary procedures performed using administrative contracts.
Costa Rica's Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz, S.A., is putting out to tender the restoration of the electrical distribution system in the Canton of Coronado.
The tender is for the reconstruction of the electrical distribution system in the canton of Coronado in the Province of San Jose, Costa Rica.
All bids submitted must include materials and labor for carrying out the work.
In July, a tender will be created for the award of construction works and management of underground parking lots underneath various squares in the capital.
The municipality has already identified eleven places where parking lots could be built, including Urraca (Bella Vista), Andrés Bello (Vía Argentina), Plaza Bolívar (San Felipe), Parque Harry Strunz (Calle 50) and Parque Porras (Bella Vista).
The National Water and Sewerage Administrator in El Salvador is putting out to tender the supply and installation of valves and fittings for water and sewer systems in the Metropolitan Area in San Salvador.
Within the Rural Water and Sanitation Programme, "Improving the Management and Operational Efficiency of National Water Supply and Sewerage System" a tender has been created for the supply and installation of valves and fittings for tanks and work points in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador.
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad invited bids for the purchase of paint for a surge tank, piping and shielding for the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project.
The Administration of Tocumen International Airport tender is putting out to tender remodeling works on its Immigration and Customs section.
The contract is for refurbishment of the Immigration and Customs section in Level 100 of the Passenger Terminal Building at Tocumen International Airport.