Guatemala's government has awarded two contracts to Disagro for $22 million and Tigsa for $20 million for 1.5 million quintals of fertilizer.
In the process of supply and distribution of fertilizers the rating board of the National Development Fund (FONADES) awarded the security services contract for custody and safekeeping of the product to Serseco on March 27, for $380,000.
Finally, four companies have submitted bids, with lower prices than the bids submitted in the original tender, which was annulled.
The minister, Efraín Medina, said the lowest price was Q114 million ($14,750,000) and noted that this time the amounts offered were lower than those in the first tender, reported elPeriodico.com.gt.
Bioska and Tigsa submitted the highest bids (the most expensive being Q133 million or $17.21 million), said Juan Carlos Monzon, executive committee member of FONADES.
Amid much controversy about the procedures to be followed, the government of Guatemala has issued a tender for the supply of fertilizers through the "emergency purchase" method.
The award of a contract to purchase fertilizer for $ 60 million (Q460 million) should be decided on Friday by the Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture after a long legal process and a heavy dispute over bidding mechanisms.
The Appraisal Board at the Ministry of Agriculture has accepted three of the five bids received, and announced that contracts will be awarded on Monday March 30th.
The companies who qualified to take part in the tender for the contract for the purchase of one million 914 thousand bags of fertilizer are Disagro of Guatemala, Tigsa Fertilizantes and Fertilizantes Maya (Mayafert), reported Prensalibre.com.
The company will distribute in Guatemala a technology known as AGROSAT (agriculture by satellite).
Through this technology the farmer is given information which helps him make better decisions about where to sow and take specific care of the plant.
Tigsa Marketing Manager, Ana de Brolo, told sigloxxi.com: "... the company aims to offer innovative solutions for farmers, and we go a step further, increasing production and improving the quality of crops through soil analysis and diagnosis'.”
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