The Ministry of Health announced that on June 30 it will publish the specifications of the tender for the design and construction of the hospital, with a price tag of $8 million.
PThe new tender will be published in PanamaCompra, where interested companies must use as a reference the "medico-funciona" plan prepared by professional and administrative staff of the Children's Hospital, and must provide 400 parking spaces, areas for kiosks and pedestrian areas.
Businessmen have criticized the postponement, four times, of the tender for the operation and maintenance of scanners for the country's customs offices.
Prensa.com reports: "Since the publication of the tender on March 28, 2013, on the PanamaCompra website there have been seven addendums approved, four of them to change the date for submission of proposals and three to amend the specification conditions ".
The Pacific Dry Docks Mec consortium had submitted a complaint against the public best value tender for the award, development, management and operation of the old Braswell Shipyard in the Pacific, which has been received by the General Directorate of Public Procurement (DGCP in Spanish).
The tender has been suspended until PanamáCompra resolves the issue, reported Panamaamerica.com.pa.