The construction of 14 kilometers of road in Chimaltenango will be carried out by the company Constructora Nacional, which submitted the bid with the lowest amount.
Taking part in the public tender were the companies Construcciones, Servicios, Carreteras y Asesorías S.A., which submitted a bid of $43.9 million, Constructora de Obras Civiles S.A, with a bid of $43.2 million, SBI International Holdings, whose bid was $42,5 million and Norberto Odebrecht, whose bid was $55 million.
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.
281 contests for road maintenance and 89 supervision projects are in the pipeline.
The Road Maintenance Trust Fund (Covial) is executing a road maintenance plan that involves maintenance works for roads and bridges.
"Since March 4 until yesterday we have published on Guatecompras 209 contests for maintaining paved roads, 72 for repairing unpaved routes and 89 for monitoring projects .Pending contests are for the maintenance of bridges. "
The contracts are for patching work, supervision, resurfacing of roads and main pathways, and bridge maintenance, among other things, on the national road network.
The Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (CIV) is inviting bids for 430 road maintenance projects, through the Road Maintenance Fund, in which about $100 million will be invested.
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.
The project consists of a 156-kilometer route which will divert the InterAmerican Highway in Chimaltenango.
According to the bidding rules, the route will have 4 lanes measuring 3.60 meters and will start in El Tejar, 48 km from the main highway and will reconnect with the same highway at km 63.
In order to sign the contract, the Congress must approve in advance a loan from the World Bank for $386 million.
The Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing in Guatemala is putting out to tender construction and supervision of works on the Departmental Capital Bypass road of Chimaltenango.
Subject of the tender:
Construction Services for the proposed construction of the Bypass Road in the departmental capital of CHIMALTENANGO, Route CA-01 OCC. Section: KM 48 CA-01 OCC. (San Miguel Morazan).
In early April a tender will be launched for a bypass on the route from El Tejar to Chimaltenango, with an approximate cost of $26 million.
Alejandro Sinibaldi, Minister of Communications, said that about six months ago the engineering and technical studies were started in order to determine the best location for the construction of the work.
"The bypass is expected to be about 15 miles long, at a cost over $26 million," said Sinibaldi.