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Panama Pushes Back Marketplace Design Bidding

Authorities decided to give companies more time to prepare their bids for designing 8 public marketplaces; bids are now due on June 4th.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Fernando Duque, Cold Chain secretary, explained that they extended the deadline as many companies had been unable to complete the certification procedures required in the rules.

“The contract should be awarded by the end of June”, reported Prensa.com.

Once the contract is awarded, authorities will start 8 separate acquisition processes to build each one of the markets.

Source: Prensa.com

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Cold chain Agricultural sector agricultural sector tender marketplace Infrastructure and Construction Agronomy

Panama Invites Bids for Designing 8 Public Marketplaces

April 2010

The Cold Chain Secretary reported that in May 5th they will conduct a standardization meeting and on May 20th they will receive the proposals.

After this, the government will put out to tender the construction of these public marketplaces, in 8 separate processes, one for each marketplace.

Panama Invites Bids For Cold Chain Markets

November 2010

In the month of December the first two Cold Chain markets will be put out to tender.

These first markets will be located in the provinces of Chiriqui and Panama. In Chiriqui it will be located in David and is expected to be ready by June 2012.

Fernando Duque, Secretary of Cadena de Frio, stated to Pa-digital.com.pa, "...

Panama: Marketplaces Tender Contested

June 2010

The public acquisition process to hire a company to design 8 public marketplaces has been contested by one of its participants, CAU AH Domar.

This company was ruled out of the competition for not submitting banking references. They have asked the public acquisitions directorate to reconsider this decision.

Food Distribution Logistics Center

January 2012

As the final link in the Cold Chain, Mercapanamá may be used for agro-industrial processes for exports.

Acknowledging that the Food Market in Panama City does not have adequate infrastructure for marketing foods according to the best international standards, industry officials have decided to build a new center.

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