A previously called into question local company offered lower prices than international consortia who also submitted bids.
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has awarded to the consortium Hernan Solis-La Estrella the construction of the northern stretch of the ring road, at a cost of $141 million. Work will begin in the first months of 2015 and will take 18 months.
Participating companies have reported irregularities in the award of the work.
Companies interested in the tender for study, design, plan development, construction and financing of the new Children's Hospital in Panama have alleged there are irregularities in the award of the project.
The latest complaint was presented by Agrupación Nuevo Hospital del Niño y Acciona Infraestructura, against a staff report prepared by the evaluation committee of the Ministry of Health (MoH), where the virtual winner is FCC Construction.
The government has announced an international tender for the construction of an office center with capacity for 11,000 workers.
Plans are underway in Guatemala to build a center to house the administrative offices of the state. The complex will have capacity for 11 thousand workers and it is planned to be offered in an international tender this year in 2014.
The Ministry of Health is to assess the economic proposals presented in the tender for the construction of a new Children's Hospital.
Under the order of the Public Procurement Directorate, the Ministry of Health will review again the economic proposals of the companies that participated in the tender for the construction of the new Children's Hospital, on 18 November.
Spanish, Chinese and Costa Rican companies submitted bids for the expansion to four lanes of a 1.7 kilometer stretch of urban road.
The National Roads Authority (Conavi) received six bids for the proposed expansion and renovation of National Route 3, located from the intersection of the factory in Pozuelo Uruca to Jardines del Recuerdo at the Valencia de Heredia.
The Mexican company ICA, the Dominican La Estrella, the Chinese Sinohydro and two Costa Rican construction companies are bidding for road works projects worth $115 million.
The Mexican ICA, the Dominican La Estrella, the Chinese Sinohydro were those companies involved in a contest conducted by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) for the construction of the northern section of the ring road in the capital city.
The Panamanian Association of Business Executives has joined other unions in criticizing the direct extension of the contract with Mexico's ICA.
Fernando Aramburu, president of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDA) regrets that the contract signed by the Government with the company Ingenieros Civiles y Asociados Asociados (ICA) does not give more options to the National Highway Company (ENA).
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.
The opening of bids for Palmerola, scheduled for November, has been postponed at the request of two of the companies interested in building the airport.
"The deadline for Palmerola was put back to late September at the request of one of the bidders, but we have had a request from another bidder who is asking for more time. We will evaluate if indeed it is worth extending the deadline, which could be moved to November," said Jose Antonio Pineda, chief of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (Coalianza).
The Road Maintenance Fund in El Salvador is preparing, for October, the biding processes for four overpasses in San Salvador.
The agency reported that it has invested $1.17 million in designs and soil studies for these projects. One of these studies, in the area of the Masferrer roundabout, is already underway, and in this location they are planning to construct a nine metre deep tunnel to connect to Avenida Jerusalén.
With an investment of between $20 and $25 million, the Ministry of Public Works is putting out to tender the widening of the stretch of road going from Pozuelo Factory up to the Funeraria Jardines del Recuerdo.
According to Pedro Castro, chief of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the tender is ready, they're just waiting on resolving an environmental issue and if there are no setbacks the project will be published next week in the La Gaceta.
The Ministry of Public Works in Panama is putting out to tender improvement works and the expansion of the Amador Causeway between Monumento a la Bandera and the entrance to Isla Flamenco.
The purpose of the tender is the procurement of the study, design, construction, improvement and expansion of the Amador Causeway between between Monumento a la Bandera and the entrance to Isla Flamenco.
The Ministry of Government in Guatemala is planning to build a 10-story building to be used by the Intelligence department.
According to Mauricio Lopez, chief of the institution, the idea is that the new building will be the headquarters for the technology platform project and Plan C4I (command, control, communications, computers and intelligence). "It's a great space that is being wasted and we need to construct a building for the technology platform," he said.
The Panamanian Ministry of Public Works is putting out to tender the study, design, construction, financing and maintenance of the renovation and widening of the Panamerican Highway.
The works are to be are tendered in sections:
STUDY DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING AND MAINTENANCE WORKS FOR THE RENOVATION AND WIDENING OF THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY, SECTION: LA PITA - DAVID
Eight companies from five countries have shown interest in the tender to build an international airport at the Palmerola military base.
"The tender process began in March and has lasted for five months," said Jose Pineda, a spokesman for the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships. "We need Palmerola because we have the worst airport facilities in Central America, limiting Honduras' economic development," he said.