A tender for a feasibility study to modernize Guatemala City airport was annulled because of alleged non conformities, and will be convened anew.
The process was canceled by the National Competitiveness Program (Pronacom), and although no specific details are recorded on the Guatecompras website, a series of non conformity issues raised by some of the participating companies may be the reason for the decision to cancel.See details of thetender.
A call has been made for expressions of interest to develop a pre-feasibility study for a new network master plan for the Panama Metro system, with emphasis on lines 4 and 5.
From the announcement made by the Panama Metro Secretariat:
The general objective of the consulting services for a pre feasibility study for a New Network Master Plan for the Panama Metro System is to undertake pre feasibility analysis of the New Network Mater Plan for the Panama Metro, with emphasis on lines 4 and 5, starting from demand estimates developed under the TRANUS system, updating the MPSA database in terms of the physical, socioeconomic and urban development variables of the various corridors that make up the network.
The Ministry of the Economy is inviting bids for consultancy on the pre-feasibility study, feasibility study and master plan for the Convention District in Guatemala City.
Guatemala Government Purchase 5780209:
"The MINECO will be contracting out studies for a 20 year Master Plan and pre-Feasibility and feasibility studies for the Convention District in Guatemala City.
LG-AFI Group, from Spain, Rios Ferrer from Mexico, and Copenhagen Aiport Arena, from Denmark, are three of the eight companies that submitted proposals for the pre-feasibility study to modernize the airport.
It is expected that the chosen company will deliver the results of study in six months, which will be funded by the US government, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Guatemala Threshold Program, seeking to improve infrastructure and processes at the airport, whose operation will be undertaken by a private company who will recoup their investment by charging for services.
A feasibility study ordered by the Municipality of Guatemala found that it is feasible to install an urban transport cable car system, which will be called AeroMetro.
Although there is still no certainty about the final cost, a representative of the Municipality of Guatemala, Carlos Sandoval, told Prensalibre.com that " 'Everything points to it being an investment using public capital from the municipality and money from private companies.
In Guatemala the government is preparing to make a new diagnosis of the immigration control system to structure a new tender in the future.
The Ministry of the Interior in Guatemala has announced that feasibility studies are to be made for implementing a new system for migration control and also that they could be willing to build the foundation to develop a new contract, though a date for the competition was not given.
The Mayoral office has started preliminary studies for building two ring roads in the north and east of the city, though the a cost estimate or financing methods are not yet known.
The Department of Works at the Municipality of Guatemala has announced that soil studies and geographical studies are being carried out, using topographical methods to determine the feasibility of creating a ring road in the north of the city and another in the east.
A project to build prisons in Jutiapa, Guatemala, Santa Rosa and Escuintla is waiting for congressional approval and budget allocation.
The Ministry of Government in Guatemala has already completed the plans and the projects for the construction of four new prisons. The Planning Department reported that the sum needed is $64.6 million (about Q500 million) in order to start pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies and early construction work.
The Social Insurance Department in Guatemala is preparing a tender for the construction of the project "Health City", which includes the construction of four hospitals on 116 thousand square meters and which is valued at $459 million.
It is expected that in May the bidding process will start so that construction can start no later than October. This project involves the design and construction of four hospitals: pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology; medical, surgical and one for oncology and transplants. It is anticipated that construction will take about 3 years.
A group of businessmen are completing the due dilligence in order to build a 12 thousand square meter convention center, estimated at $104 million.
The project of modernization of an exhibition center includes two phases: the first seeks to improve aspects such as lighting, installing escalators, solar panels and gardens as well as the construction of the first tower for parking.
Two Spanish companies, one German, one Mexican, one French and one Guatemalan have been selected in the tender for the construction of a four-lane highway and commuter train.
The Companies Rios Ferrer, Guillén Llarena, Treviño y Rivera S.C. (Mexico) / Felipe Ochoa y Asociados (Mexico) / Consorcio Constructor, Supervisor y Certificador Internacional, S.A.
Reports have arisen that the document signed by the Presidents of both countries, is not even accessible and there is even less basic information about the project's feasibility.
To date there has been no information available on the technical studies, financial analysis and feasibility reports. Neither is the data on the geographical path of the project, rights of way to be acquired, the intended beneficiaries, the source of the total funding required and the overall impact of the mega project.
The urgent need for economic development in the region frequently makes everyone draw the attention to proposals that have dubious viability.
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The Mexican company which announced the huge investment also announced, on a website under construction, the development of the port of Nanchital in Mexico, citing current concession rights which have actually been revoked.
Guatemalan Entrepreneurs are asking for the consultations with communities about the environmental impact of mining and infrastructure projects to be regulated.
The Guatemalan Chamber of Industry (CIG) and the Union of Extractive Companies (GEE) has proposed the creation of a regulation governing community consultations, believing that these should be one more indicator in the approval process, and should not be binding in nature.
The feasibility studies for a highway linking the eight municipalities of the department of Guatemala were announced for 2014.
S21.com reports that the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (CIV) will carry out in 2014 a feasibility study for the construction of the Metropolitan Ring Road project, a study which "will cost approximately $5 million."