Panama has reopened a tender for the transport, treatment and disposal of hazardous hospital waste.
After the Ministry of Health directly awarded a three month contract to Naves Supply Company, raising serious questions in the industry, the government has decided to open a new tender, published PanamáCompra on its web Portal on July 1.
An article in Prensa.con states, "according to the original request, last Monday was the deadline for receipts of bids from 11 companies, but Auramek requested an 45 day extension in the proceedings citing complications with international document authentication. However, the MoH only agreed to grant an additional five days.