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.
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