After the contract was signed for the designs of the Penas Blancas and Tablillas border control posts, it is expected that in July 2021 the international bidding process for the construction of these enclosures can be initiated.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) informed that on October 28, Duayner Salas, head of the institution, signed with the Consorcio Norte Sur Arquitectos, of Costa Rica, and the company C y C Asesorias Profesionales Limitada, of Santiago de Chile the contract for the design of the border control posts, whose works, as a whole, imply an intervention of an area of approximately 700,000 square meters.
In El Salvador, it was announced that between December and February 2019, a tender will be published for the construction of 27 educational centers, which will require a $30 million investment.
From the statement of FOMILENIO II:
November 16th, 2018. Vice President Óscar Ortiz, authorities from FOMILENIO II and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) met with mayors from the country's paracentral and eastern regions to coordinate efforts and begin construction and rehabilitation of 27 educational centers.
It has been announced that starting from August 20 companies interested in developing an environmental feasibility study for the new Metropolitan Airport of Costa Rica, to be built in Orotina, may present their proposals.
Civil Aviation Authorities reported that the reference value for the environmental feasibility study of the air terminal is $1.1 million.
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica de Panamá has started a process to prequalify companies for a design and construction project for a fourth transmission line.
According to the prequalification documents, an approval meeting will be held with all those interested in participating in the bidding process, on June 13 at 9 am at the Sheraton Grand Panama Hotel.
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica already has the endorsement to start the prequalification of companies, for the design and construction project of the fourth transmission line.
The company or consortium that wins the tender will also be responsible for obtaining the necessary funds to develop the work, estimated at $500 million.The Electricity Transmission Company (Etesa) will start paying in 2022, when the line is expected to start operating. For this reason, the manager of Etesa, Gilberto Ferrari, explained to Prensa.com that "... there will be no need to make a bond issue."
The Ministry of Public Works plans to tender in February improvement works on a 9-kilometer section of the road to the Fort of San Lorenzo, in Chagres, province of Colon.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works:
The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) will be calling for bids for the "Renovation of the road to the Fort of San Lorenzo, Chagres district, in the province of Colon", this relates to about 8.6 kilometers that will be serviced, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
In December, the tender process for construction of a bridge on the border of Las Chinamas, between Guatemala and El Salvador, will begin, with an approximate investment of $30 million.
Guatemalan authorities confirmed that next month will see the start of the bidding process for the construction of the El Jobo border bridge, which will be located in Valle Nuevo, department of Jutiapa.
The Panamanian government is preparing the tender documents for the expansion of the Juan Díaz river channel in the district of Panama, with an estimated investment of about $8 million.
Officials from the Panama City Mayor's office said that for the extension work to be done during 2018, another $42 million will be required.
In January 2018, the first stage of the new cargo logistics zone of the Panama City International Airport will be tendered, which will require an investment of approximately $12 million.
Carlos Duboy, manager of Tocumen S.A., explained to Prensa.com that "... the project includes a logistics area and a free zone. It will be divided into three phases of construction in an approximate area of 45 to 50 hectares of land within the airport itself."
A tender is being launched for a feasibility study to expand a 22-kilometer section of the El Litoral highway between the Zacatecoluca and Tecoluca municipalities to four lanes.
The Ministry of Public Works plans to extend the stretch from Zacatecoluca, La Paz, to San Marcos Lempa, San Vicente, to two lanes in each direction.
The agricultural authorities plan to tender the construction of four silos with capacity to store 200 thousand hundredweight of grain, with an estimated investment of $3.6 million each.
Prensa.com reports that "in the silos of La Honda, in Los Santos, plans are to renovate 12 of the existing precincts and build four new ones ... while in Chepo and Tonosí, construction has been scheduled of four enclosures with capacity to store 200 thousand hundredweight."
In order to encourage business tourism and congresses in the area, plans are being made to tender the design and construction of a convention center in Boquete, in the province of Chiriquí.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has announced that they have already done the legal transfer of the lands where a "green" convention center will be built, with capacity for 2,000 people.The objective of the ATP is to boost the business of tourism and congresses in the province of Chiriquí.
After canceling the previous tender process, the Panamanian government has called for a new competition to build and equip a new prison in Colón.
After receiving complaints from 3 contestants, on March 30 of this year, the tender for the "study, design, construction and equipment of a new prison complex in Colón" was canceled.
The new request for proposals states that "The project will be composed of two independent penitentiary centers (Male and Female), it includes the construction of a modern penitentiary complex for people deprived of their liberty in the Province of Colón, in where compliance must be made with the three basic principles of:
The Panama Canal Authority insists on the great commercial potential a port in Corozal Oeste would have, and announced that it will be re-evaluating alternatives to develop it.
From a statement issued by the Canal Authority:
The Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has authorized the Canal Administration to carry out the corresponding evaluations and to present new terms and conditions to allow for the development and operation of a container port in Corozal Oeste.
Works planned for the coming months in the district of Panama include a $12 million tender to build a health center in the township of Pueblo Nuevo.
The Ministry of Health has announced that it will be allocating $29.7 million to developing several works for the construction of new health centers and renovation works or other existing centers in the district of Panama.