The $1.5 billion dollar metro project has been awarded to a consortium headed by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The company has been involved with a number of infrastructure projects in the country, but this will be by far the largest contract they have won. This is the first of a proposed 3 lines for the metro which should help relieve traffic for the city and make getting to work much easier for the hundreds of thousands of people who currently are victims of the notorious red devils.
Machine translated from La Prensa
Roberto González Jiménez
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Line One consortium formed by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and the Spanish FCC will be responsible for implementing the first Metro line of Panama, to be victor in a long bidding process that ended yesterday.
Although its financial offer was higher than his opponent - $ 1.447 million versus $ 1.401 million offered by the Italian Group Metro from Panama, the evaluation commission gave a better score on the technical side, which made the Brazilian consortium, Spanish obtained the highest total score.
The two economic proposals were below the reference price of the Secretariat of the Metro, which was $ 1.589 million.
After learning the name of the group elected the president, Ricardo Martinelli, asked "to finish the work quickly, within budget and with as little involvement as possible." Also ventured to speak of lines 2 and 3.
For his part, Robert Roy, secretary of the Metro, was more realistic: "We have not done anything. We're starting. "
FINAL EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS
917 points for a proposal of Odebrecht and FCC.
708 points added to the proposal from Metro Italian Group of Panama.
Roberto González Jiménez
[email protected]
It was eleven o'clock when the crowded hall of the Sheraton hotel was quiet.
Shortly after the door appeared the president, Ricardo Martinelli, accompanied by his inseparable vice president, Juan Carlos Varela. The room stood.
It began with an hour delay the event that became known the winner of the logo work for the administration of Ricardo Martinelli: The first Metro line.
It brought together senior government officials, diplomats from countries with companies involved, representatives of multilateral finance the work, and many members of the consortium that would be the winner. Little Italy was heard in the room.
As revealed technical skills, the balance fell to the side of the Odebrecht construction and FCC and train manufacturer Alstom, the consortium Line One
In the six technical criteria analyzed, its proposal was superior, totaling 578 of the 650 points possible in that part of the evaluation. The Italian Group of Panama Metro was at 358 points.
It was not until they opened the envelopes containing the financial proposals as Brazilian, Spanish and French have forgotten formalisms and warmly congratulated for the win.
Although the price they offered was the highest, $ 1.447 million for the $ 1.401 million Italians, the brunt of the technical part of the contract made them winners.
His bid was below the official price of the Secretariat of the Panama Metro -1.589 million, "but was within the allowable range.
In the absence of formally awarding the process includes a period of three days for possible claims, Odebrecht, FCC and Alstom and celebrated yesterday the completion of the second contract more substantial in Panama's history, behind the design and construction of the third game Canal locks.
The joy of a contrast to the disappointment of others. The representatives of the Italian Group of Panama Metro left without signing the minutes.
11 stations
The price of $ 1.447 million relate only to the construction of 11 stations, not the 13 announced by the Government.
The consortium submitted separate bids for the stations of El Marañón and Curundú listed as optional in the statement of objections. Its construction will be decided in the coming months, said Robert Roy, executive secretary of the Metro.
Whatever the final number of stations, the line will link the Andes and Albrook and will have 13.7 kilometers, each costing more than $ 105 million.
It is estimated that work will start in early 2011, after completion of engineering work.
Antonio Gavioli, representative of the winning consortium, said it will have to work day and night to complete the project in December 2013, the date established in the statement.
Companies will receive a bonus if they deliver the work before, but will also be penalized if they are delayed.
These works, together with the road realignment, will generate a major upheaval in the city over the next three years.
Rests with the authorities, who are already calling for patience to citizenship-the apparent mission impossible to alleviate traffic congestion.
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