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.
Four companies have submitted bids in the tender for the construction and equipping of a Public Market in Chitre whose official reference price was $27 million.
From a press release issued by the Government of Panama:
A total of four companies submitted proposals for the construction and equipping of a Public Market in Chitre, in the tender organized by the Secretariat of the Cold Chain, a work which is being conducted by the government and will benefit over 60,000 people in the region of Azuero .
The act of receiving the bid proposals has taken place for the "Project for the study, design, construction and operation of the enlargement and sustainable improvement of water and sewage systems in Panama."
From a press release from the Presidency of Panama:
The government today received bid for projects to improve the water and sewage system in Panama and San Miguelito.
In order for the $587 million project to start, the only thing now needed is approval of the contract between Panama’s Social Security Department and the company FCC Construction by the Controller General of the Republic.
"A month late, the Social Security Department (CSS) and the companies and FCC Construction SA and FCC Construction Centroamerica SA, yesterday signed a contract for the design and construction of ‘Hospital City’ to be located in Clayton", reported Panamaamerica.com.pa.
Evaluation has begun for the award of a contract to build new bridges on the Interamericana Norte Highway, Costa Rica.
The project envisages construction of 18 bridges each having two lanes, on Route 1 between Cañas and Liberia.
Applicants include the companies Consorcio Guanacaste, Codocsa S.A., FCC Construcción de Centroamérica, Constructora Sánchez Carvajal, Constructora Meco and Consorcio Sogeosa-Intec, said the director of the National Roads Authority (Conavi), Carlos Acosta, who also confirmed that the evaluation stage has now started.
The IADB has objected to the methodology used to award the works for the expansion of the Interamerican North highway to the Spanish consortium FCC.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which is funding the expansion works, objected to the methodology used to analyze the reasonableness of prices, saying it violates the loan agreement approved by Congress.
Proposals to build a 50.6 km expansion of the Inter-American highway range between $75 and $182 million.
The National Roads Authority (Conavi), received 11 bids for the expansion and rehabilitation of national road No. 1, North American highway, for the stretch Cañas-Liberia.
The offers range from $75 to $113 million for the upgrade option using asphalt which has a lifespan of 12 years, between $87 and $182 million for asphalt with a lifespan of 20 years and between $95 and $166 million for the option using concrete with a lifespan of 20 years.
Six companies have submitted bids constructing the new airport in the province of Colón, northern Panama.
The lowest economic offer was presented by Grupo San José with $52.97 million, while the highest was from FCC Construction with $99.49 million.
Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC in Spanish) indicated that the next step is for an evaluation committee to review the information provided before choosing which company meets the appropriate criteria to be awarded the project, according to Panamá América's web portal.
FCC Construcción was ruled out of the contest, as it failed to reach the minimum score at the technical evaluation; Cusa is expected to win the contract.
After reviewing the proposals of the only two companies which participated in the process, the evaluation committee disqualified Spanish builder FCC Construcción, as it failed to meet the minimum technical requirements.
10 Companies submitted bids to construct a stretch called “4B” in the Northern Highway (CLN – Carretera Longitudinal del Norte).
They ranged from $3.6 million (FCC Construcción de Centroamérica) to $7.6 million (Topsal Construcciones S.A. de C.V).
The contract comprises improving 2.5 kilometers of existing highway and building 5 kilometers of new road, and will be carried out under a “design and construction” scheme.
Odebrecth, URS Holdings and FCC Construcción are among the companies bidding for the project.
A coordination meeting (homologación) will be held on December 10th, while bids will be opened on December 21st.
"The future project is called 'Proyecto Curundú', and comprises transforming 160.000 square meters in the vecinity of Juan Demóstenes Arosmena Stadium and the Farmer's Market.
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