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.
The Guatemalan government has announced that it will tender three works valued at $185 million in the first quarter of 2014.
This was stated by the Minister of Economy, Sergio de la Torre. The first project, which will require an investment of between $100 million to $120 million, will be the commuter train that will connect Centra Norte, zone 18, with Amatitlán.
Out of three equal bids, the Costa Rican company Meco was awarded the contract for the construction of a road interchange at the former Howard military base.
The construction company beat its opponents Conalvías and Urban Construction SA (Cusa) in the final evaluation, after the three companies bid the same amount for the implementation of the project which will connect to the Centennial Bridge in the future.
Conalvías, Meco and Constructora Urbana submitted proposals with a difference of one dollar in the tender to build the road interchange at the former Howard military base.
Seven companies were initially interested in the tender conducted by the Ministry of Public Works and whose reference price $33 million.
Conalvías, Meco and Constructora Urbana presented almost identical analysis, with a difference of only one dollar and two cents.
A clarification meeting has been for the tender for an interchange on the Panamerican highway road whose reference price is $33 million.
The companies who attended the clarification meeting held by the Ministry of Public Works were: FCC Construcción de Centroamérica S.A., Alquileres y Ventas Panedi, Conalvías S.A., Ceiusa, Conconcreto, Constructora Meco S.A., and Heliopol PMA.
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.
The Ministry of Education has decided to re-tender the project to build the lower secondary education school in Atalaya, valued at $1.5 million.
Construction of the project "... could not be completed due to a strike in October 2011 by the Union of Construction Workers and Similar Bodies, who demanded employment benefit payments, security measures and other benefits," noted an article in Prensa.com.
The Colon Free Zone is putting out to tender the construction of underground infrastructure and access roads to the area which connects the expanded area with the rest of the Zone and Enrique A. Jimenez Airport .
The purpose of the purchase is specified as follows: "DEVELOPMENT OF STUDIES, DESIGNS, PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ACCESS ROADS TO THE EXPANSION AREA CONNECTING IT TO THE REST OF THE COLON FREE ZONE AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ENRIQUE A. JIMENEZ-Phase I ".
Ten construction companies and nine service companies attended the pre tender meeting for establishing the specifications for the expansion to four lanes of the Inter American Highway from Veraguas to Viguí.
Prensa.com reports: "This is the first of five sections that the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) is putting out to tender in order to complete the widening to four lanes of the highway between David and Santiago".
The proposed expansion and rehabilitation of 185 kilometers of the Inter-American highway from Veraguas to Chiriqui is being divided into five parts to be tendered separately.
The information was released by the chief of Public Works, Jaime Ford. This amount is $100 million more than the $750 million suggested by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).
The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC by its initials in Spanish) in Costa Rica is putting out to tender design, construction and infrastructure repair works.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 2013LN-000005-01100
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION, DESIGN AND INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT SINAC.
Among the works to tender are:
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION/INSTALLATION OF WIRING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IN THE NATIONAL PARK CARARA AND THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND GUEST HOUSE IN THE "AMERICAN ZONE" (FORMER PALMA TICA).
The Road Maintenance Fund of El Salvador is putting out to tender a study on overpasses and bridges in the metropolitan area of San Salvador.
The project includes the following activities:
Diagnosis: According to the results of thier evaluation, the Consultant should define for each step of the works detailed in these Conditions, the work required to provide the bridges and overpasses, adequate security and serviceability.
The Ministry of Housing and Land Ordenance in Panama is putting out to tender the construction of Residencial Cañita, located in the Township of Chepo, District Chepo, Province of Panama.
The " Residencial Cañita " project will be developed on a polygon of approximately 4ha +1246.39 m2, located in the Township of Chepo, District Chepo, Province of Panama.
The Ministry of Public Security in Panama has put out to tender the construction of the police sub-station in the District of San Miguelito.
The contract includes the design, development plans, technical specifications and construction of the new Rolando Martinez Police Sub-station, located in the District of San Miguelito, Panama Province.
The approval meeting is scheduled for May 29, 2012, and the deadline for submission of bids is June 7, 2012.