In Panama, Bagatrac, S.A. was awarded the contract for the rehabilitation and widening of the La Concepción - Cuesta Piedra - Volcán highway, in the province of Chiriquí.
For the contracting process the companies that participated were Puentes y Calzadas Infraestructura S.L.U. with a proposal that reached $91.6 million, that of Mota-Engil S.A. to $89.9 million, that of Asfaltos Panameños S.A.
Conalvias Construcciones was awarded the contract to restore the streets of the townships of Caimitillo, Ernesto Córdoba, Las Cumbres, Alcalde Díaz and Chilibre, in the district of Panama.
On November 16th, the resolution of the contracting process for the works of rehabilitation of streets in several townships of the capital of the country was published in the portal PanamaCompra.
MECO, Constructora Urbana and Bagatrac are three of the companies that submitted their proposals in the tender to build 80 kilometers of roads in Chiriqui, Panama.
Also taking part in the tender with a reference value of $49 million, are the consortiums Caminos de David (ININCO S.A. and Construcciones Civiles and Concretos de Panamá S.A.), Vias y Puentes del Istmo (Empresa Constructora CUMO and China Railway International Group Panama) and Calles de David (CENTRAL MIX S.A. and Conalvías Construcciones S.A.S. Panama branch).
Astaldi SpAstaldi S.p.A and MCM Global S.A. make up one of the three consortiums that submitted their offers to expand the Omar Torrijos highway in Panama to four lanes.
The three bidders are: Consorcio COT (CCA Civil Panamá, S.A. and Conalvías Construcciones, S.A.S. Sucursal Panamá; Consorcio Astaldi – MCM (Astaldi S.p.A. and MCM Global, S.A.); and Asociación Accidental C&C Corozal (Constructora Urbana, S.A.
In Panama the consortium made up of Constructora Urbana and Constructora de Infraestructura submitted a proposal in the tender to readjust the north and south corridors to three lanes.
The project consists of altering the North and South Corridors to operate three lanes in each direction (6 lanes in total) continuously during their normal operations and during critical morning and afternoon schedules; So that one of the lanes works exclusively in counterflow for use by the transport system, ie, Bus Only. See details of thetender.
Constructora Meco won the contract to build a taxiway connecting the two terminals at Tocumen International Airport in Panama.
The work involves the design and construction of the street S4 and the extension of Street L1 in the International Airport in Panama City. The Costa Rican construction firm Meco won the contract with an economic proposal of $12.8 million, lower than all of the bids submitted by the other four participants in the tender.
Thirteen consortia took part in the meeting for approval of the tender to build the first phase of the parking lots for terminal 2 of Panama City airport.
Taking part in the approval meeting were the companies: Constructora Urbana, Constructora Meco, Fabritec/Monelca, Ingeniería RM, Extraco Ingeniería, Eridani, S.A., Conansa, Asfaltos Panameños, S.A., Derivados del Petróleo, S.A.
In Panama the companies Bagatrac and Asociación Accidental Caminos de Darié, composed of Cusa and Toronto Global Holdings Corp. will renovate 100 kms of the Pan American Highway.
The renovation project was tendered and awarded in four sections, the first of which, 23 kilometers, has been awarded to the company Bagatrac, for $31 million. The same company was awarded one of the sections, of kilometers, worth $36 million.
In the aftermath of the corruption scandal in Brazil which included the arrest of its president, Odebrecht and its partner Cusa won the competition for the urban renewal of the city of Colon.
The Brazilian company is already running several works in Panama which total billions of dollars, and voices have been raised in all sectors calling for audits or simply banning calling the company's activities in Panama.
In Panama an award has been given to Constructora Urbana SA for a contract for the design and construction of an aqueduct, sanitation network and wastewater treatment plant in Boquete.
The National Council for Sustainable Development received a total of 9 proposals, the highest was presented by the company ININCO, S.A. for a total value of $25.9 million, followed by the company Consultores Profesionales de Ingeniería, S.A.
The agreement between the Panama Canal Authority and the consortium GUPC has been framed within the conditions of the original contract and rules out paying for cost overruns which are outside of the contract.
The Third Set of Locks project will be completed within the terms of the contract, as the Panama Canal Authority has demanded since the beginning.
The Canal Authority and the consortium have agreed to resume the works, but delivery times and other key aspects still need to be defined.
Grupo Unidos por el Canal has pledged to restart, on February 20, the construction of the Third Set of Locks. As soon as the works are restarted the ACP will remit $36.8 million related to payments billed by the consortium last December.
In a counterproposal to the $100 million offered by ACP, the consortium constructor is calling for an advance of $400 million and a long-term agreement.
The proposal by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to make a joint contribution of $283 million and avoid suspension of the construction of the third set of locks has not convinced the representatives of Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC).
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.
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