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Panama: Two Companies Bid for Designing Public Marketplaces

Just two companies, Mercasa and CAU AH Domar, submitted bids for designing eight public marketplaces.

Friday, June 4, 2010

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These marketplaces are part of a larger Cold Chain project, sponsored by President Martinelli’s administration.

“They will be located in Panamá, La Chorrera (Panamá Oeste), David (Chiriquí), Veraguas, Las Tablas (Los Santos), Chitré (Herrera), Penonomé (Coclé) and Colón”, reported Prensa.com.

Source: Prensa.com

Key entities

Cold Chain Secretariat Mercasa CAU AH Domar

Countries

Panama

Insight

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Panama: 6 Companies Interested in Designing 8 Marketplaces

May 2010

Six companies participated in a preliminary meeting to bid for designing six public marketplaces.

Delegates from “Cau Arquitectos”, “Asociación de Consultores de Aguas Calientes”, ”Mercasa, F.G”. “Guardia”, “Berotz” and ” Berotz-Panamá“ answered the invitation of the Cold Chain Secretary.

Panama Awards Marketplaces Design Contract

July 2010

Spanish company Mercsa will study, design and provide technical assistance for the construction for 8 public marketplaces.

An important component of the Cold Chain Project, these marketplaces will be located in David, Colón, Santiago, Penonomé, Chitré, Las Tablas, Panamá and Chorrera.

Panama: Cold Chain Could Start in September

March 2010

The start of the project, which seeks to reduce the loss of perishable goods, has been delayed due to the lack of statistics from the agriculture industry.

Authorities are currently developing the list of products which would be included in the project, and they expect to invite bids on September.

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.

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