They are canceling another tender for feeding detainees

As happened with the tender for province of Panama, this Thursday, Ministry of Government (Mingob) a canceled public event that sought to provide food for prisoners, inmates and police officers deployed in the centers the penitentiary of the province of Chiriquí.

The call was made December 29, and the previous meeting was scheduled for the following Monday, February 5, so there was no opportunity to find out which companies would be interested in this tender.

Without giving an explanation, Mingob published Resolution no. 001 of January 29, 2024 on the cancellation of a public event before receiving proposals.

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November 2023. The government ministry cancels the tender for feeding persons deprived of their liberty in Panama.

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January 2024 The government ministry cancels the tender for the province of Chiriquí.

Procurement tenders are underway food from Panama and Chiriquí

“Ministry of the Government decided to use the said extraordinary power to cancel this public event before receiving the proposal, given that the public event has not reached the stage of opening,” the decision reads.

The reference price of this tender was 28 million 819 thousand 98 dollars (28,819,098.00 USD), which was received questions like what happened with the tender for the province of Panamawhich was for $441 million.

The decision states that apart from the tender of the province of Panama, This government will leave it to its successor to define what will happen to the diet of the captive population of Chiriquí.

Last year, Mingob rewarded prisoners from Bocas del Toro, Coclé, Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos with foodfive years in the penal centers of the said provinces.

The one in Bocas del Toro was awarded for $8.2 million consortium Alimentando, SA, while Restaurante Samaniego won the Coclé competition for $9.4 million.

A company that will supply food to prisoners Veraguas will be Restaurante Maná, for $6.8 million, and in Herrera and Los Santos It will be Delicias Aura, SA for $7.3 million.

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In Chiriquí, the population which would receive this food daily were 3300 people in two penal centers.

In the province find Los Algarrobos prisonwhere the women are housed, which has 241 detainees, 55 guards and 4 policemen.

Also, there is David’s new prison functional, where 2,788 prisoners, 137 guards and 75 police officers are stationed.

Unlike the public act in the province of Panamawhich was valid for 10 years, Chiriquí’s was valid for just over 5 years.

Calculation details for reference price are based on $4.78 per serving per day, which includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

This is the current price being handled, and according to the report of ministry, did not cause disagreement among suppliers.

The amount is the same as for tender for food for the prisoners of Herrera and Colónas well as Veraguas and Coclé.

In the case of Bocas del Toro, the price of a daily meal processed was $5.80, with the argument that the distance is longer and the access more complicated, the same situation that occurs with Darién, a province where the prison population is minimal.

The next government will be able to extend contracts to companies thatThey are currently providing service in these provinces or advertising for food.