For the fourth time in three years, the Office of the Comptroller General has found deficiencies in the hiring process being run by the UNOPS and has annulled the award of a viaduct to the construction company MECO.
Through a statement, the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) announced that it has finalised the appeal filed by FCC Construcción América S.A. against the act of non-objection of the contest promoted by the Unops for the construction of the work called "Social Guarantees Intersection and collector to the María Aguilar River, San José Costa Rica", ruling in favor of Constructora Meco S.A. for an amount of $17,625,113.37.
After multiple attempts to liquidate the contract and collect the bonds for the road works that were awarded to the Brazilian construction company, the Guatemalan government has finally received the money and will be able to tender the works again.
Representatives from the executive board announced that they have already received two bonds corresponding to the road works for 140 kilometers of the CA-2 highway, meaning that the path to bidding for new contracts is practically open.
Following the Brazilian construction company's abandonment of the road work contract that had been awarded, the government intends to make a claim on the advance payment and performance bails which amounts to $122 million.
The contract consisting of the extension of 140 kilometers of the CA-2 West highway was awarded to the construction company Odebrecht in 2012, however, the company abandoned the work after performing work on only 43 kilometers.
In January 2018 the Ministry of Labor registered 24,508 labor contracts, 21% more than those reported in the same month in 2017.
The economic activity that registered the highest number of contracts in January 2018 was construction with 9,848, followed by wholesale and retail trade that added 5,201, and thirdly, administrative activities and support services with 2,648.
The fall recorded in employment contracts signed between 2016 and 2017 contrasts with the increase of 5% reported between 2015 and 2016.
According to figures from the Panamanian Ministry of Labor and Labor Development, from January to December 2017, 283,358 contracts were registered at the entity's headquarters, of which 122,169 were for a fixed term, 85,573 for specific works and 75,616 for an indefinite period.
The controversy generated by the UNOPS's decision to prevent access to files on the road works for which it is responsible has led the government to refrain from granting new projects in the future.
Possibly as a result of the refusal of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to make public the project files and the subsequent cancellation of contracts by the Comptroller General, the Ministry of Public Works has decided not to continue with the assistance of the international organization in future projects.
In the Legislative Assembly a bill is being discussed that would allow for hiring done by government entities not to require the endorsement of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
Bill 20.202 is an initiative of the General Comptroller of the Republic, which put forward a proposal with the aim of reducing the time and the bureaucracy involved in the review and subsequent endorsement of each contract.
The Social Security Fund will be able to extend the contract for hemodialysis services and ensure coverage until October 2018.
The Cabinet Council has authorized the Social Security Fund (CSS) to make an addendum to the contract for the hemodialysis service, in order to guarantee the service until October next year.
In Costa Rica, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic decided to cancel the contracts for two UNOPS road construction projects, after it decided to keep secret the files with the details of these contracts.
The decision by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to hide the details of the contracts for the two road construction projects assigned to it by the National Road Council (Conavo) cost state coffers dearly.
In Costa Rica, the state power company will have to pay $112 million to the contractor of the Chucás hydroelectric project, for "additional expenses that it authorized and then refused to recognize."
In the ruling issued by the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA), to which the company Enel Green Power Costa Rica appealed to resolve a conflict that originated in 2015 due to an almost $148 millionincrease in the Chucás hydroelectric project, which has not yet been completed, it was established that Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) acted with "bad contractual faith".
Due to a delay and an exaggerated increase in the cost of the project, consideration is being given to termination of the contract for the construction of the new road to San Carlos and reallocation of the pending works through several separate contracts.
The contract to build the 29.7-kilometer stretch of road between Sifón, San Ramón, and La Abundancia, in San Carlos, was awarded more than 9 years ago to the company Sánchez Carvajal, at an initial cost of $61 million.Since then, the cost of the project has increased 250% to $213 million.
Amid the controversy over corruption cases revealed by the Public Ministry, the Morales administration has announced that it will liquidate contracts and take over several highway construction and maintenance projects.
A government issued decree of a State of Public Calamity on the roads will have a term of 30 days, during which period the Morales administration plans to take over control and execution of several of the works that are underway.Without indicating how much will be invested in the process, the Executive explained that it will buy machinery and equipment to carry out repairs and construction of roads.The Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing will be in charge, with the support of the Ministry of National Defense.
After several months of discussions, approval has finally been given to the Bank of Costa Rica to take full control of the construction project for the route between San José and San Ramón.
The financial structure and execution of the work will now be the responsibility of the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR), which was awarded the contract for administration of the trust.For four months the discussion revolved around the conflict of interest that could arise if full control was given to the BCR, delaying the start of works.
In the first quarter of the year there were 71 thousand work contracts, 3% more than the 68 thousand reported in the same period in 2016.
Data from the quarterly report by the Comptroller General of the Republic indicates that in the same period in 2016, fixed term contracts increased by 8.4%, contracts for a specific project or service by 1.1%, while open ended contracts went down by 2, 6%.
The project to be undertaken by Grupo Orosi in Puntarenas includes, in addition to the 18-kilometer pavement, the construction of stabilization walls and slope protection.
The National Highway Council announced that the contract with the company, which does not require endorsement as a direct contract, consists of carrying out the process of asphaltingthe 18-kilometer stretch between Guacimal and Santa Elena in Puntarenas.
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