Odebrecht, ICA and the mexican company Marhnos are some of the foreign companies that could be interested in building the State Administrative Center, estimated at $180 million.
Grupo Spectrum and Constructora Nacional S. A. (Conasa) are the only two Guatemalan companies so far, according to authorities, who have shown interest in participating in the pre-qualification process for construction of the State Administrative Center in form of a public-private partnership.
The 6% rate paid on the ten year term issuance is higher than that offered in issuances that were made to finance the purchase of the North and South corridors.
The National Highway Company has turned to the stock market in order to fund the expansion of the northern corridor road, having succeeded in raising funds for the northern and southern sections.
Of the 24 companies present at the clarification meeting for the tender, in the end only seven presented bids.
Today it will be determined if the companies meet the requirements of the technical proposal to build the new Children's Hospital. In the next thirty days the evaluation committee must submit a report to present the winning of the award.
The project award is for best value and separate evaluation.
After the failure of two tenders for the repair of cracks in El Cajon, the contract for approximately $30 million will be awarded directly.
Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE) has $30 million available to carry out the work."We have to look at the parameters and see if the law allows us to negotiate a contract directly. When you do not have any bidders, you take the ones that are there and follow the path with them directly," said Emil Hawitt, manager of the company.
Ten construction companies and nine service companies attended the pre tender meeting for establishing the specifications for the expansion to four lanes of the Inter American Highway from Veraguas to Viguí.
Prensa.com reports: "This is the first of five sections that the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) is putting out to tender in order to complete the widening to four lanes of the highway between David and Santiago".
ICA Panamá, the local unit of Mexico's leading constructor ICA, is planning the US$140 million development of two artificial islands off Punta Pacífica.
The project will require 4 million cubic meters of infill, equivalent to two of the Egyptian pyramids, said Diego Hernández, chief executive of ICA Panamá.
The company says that rights to build artificial islands form part of its government concession for the construction and management of the Corredor Sur urban highway.