The Ministry of Justice and Public Security tenders the supply and installation of video security systems to 11 units of the National Civil Police nationwide.
Due to the effects of the pandemic, Salvadoran authorities decided to postpone until March the date for submitting bids for the tender for the lighting and video-surveillance of 143 kilometers of road sections, a contract to be executed through a Public-Private Partnership.
Tenders to modernize the cargo terminal at the Monsenor Romero International Airport and to implement the video surveillance system on 143 kilometers of road in El Salvador, both through PPPs, were suspended due to the health emergency.
The international tender to light and provide a video surveillance system on 143 kilometers of road was announced in February this year, and gave interested companies four months to submit technical and financial proposals. See "PPP for Road Lighting and Surveillance".
The international tender for lighting and video surveillance of 143 kilometers of road sections in El Salvador began, a contract that will be executed through a Public-Private Partnership.
Companies interested in applying for the project will have four months to submit their technical and financial proposal. After an evaluation process, the contract of the winning company must be approved by the Legislative Assembly.
The Autonomous Executive Port Commission tenders security services for the public parking and other areas of the passenger and cargo terminal at the Oscar Romero Airport.
The National Fund for Popular Housing tenders the contracting of security and surveillance for the institution's facilities and housing projects, for a one-year term.
The National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers tenders security and surveillance services for facilities and dependencies at the national level of the institution, for the year 2020.
Costa Rica's Road Safety Council tenders an intelligent transportation system for transit technology management, with a reference value of $39 million.
In El Salvador, consultancy began to structure the project to install a lighting and video surveillance system on 140 kilometers of roads in four regions.
From the Fomilenio II statement:
FOMILENIO II and Deloitte Consulting S.L.U. signed the order to start the consultancy to structure the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) lighting and video surveillance project. This PPP consists of financing, installing, operating and maintaining lighting, poles, underground cabling, video surveillance cameras and monitoring rooms for selected road sections that conform an approximate length of 140 kilometers.
Prosegur Cash has announced an agreement with Grupo Alamo to acquire its operations in Central America in the activity of transportation of securities, operated under the brands Proval and Transval.
The mayoral office of San Salvador has announced it will be investing $15 million in the installation of a video surveillance system to complement the 500 cameras already operating in the capital.
Although the initiative of the mayoral office has been criticized by some sectors, Mayor Najib Bukele stated that the bidding process will be transparent and will be supervised by the Attorney General.
Insecurity has meant an increase n the number of firms in the industry, and now they are focusing not only on the segment with the highest purchasing power, but on a new growing market consisting of traders and business managers.
Between $12 thousand and $40 thousand is the cost of amour plating a car in El Salvador, where growing insecurity has resulted in the emergence of a new market segment. These people, who along with families and business groups from the highest socioeconomic status in the country who have always used bullet proofing services, are business owners, business managers, farmers and politicians who are now choosing to protect their cars.
Added to the production costs assumed by Salvadoran sugarcane growers during the harvest is expenditure to be made on private security and support for the police to prevent theft and extortion.
Sugarcane growers have allocated a budget for additional security costs which must be assumed due to increased threats and extortion by criminals.
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