The tender for the maintenance of the Centenario Bridge has been awarded

He CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium will be in charge of the maintenance and assessment of the second bridge over the Panama Canal, after the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) awarded the project.

The Public Act Evaluation Commission disqualified another participating company, Doloopo Panama Corp. and awarded the highest rating to the Puente Centenario Rehabilitation consortium, composed of the companies Centroequipos, ARD Engineering and ATP Electronics, which presented proposed for $6,204,759 plus 43 cents ($6,204,759.43).

However, if the disqualified company feels affected by the decision, it has five days to lodge an objection before Administrative Court for Public Procurement.

It should be noted that The proposal to rebuild the Centennial Bridge is above the reference price established by the MOP, which was $5.6 million, to $563,043 with 27 cents ($563,043.27).

It took more than a month for the evaluation committee to define the company to which it would award the project, to the extent that it had to search extension for five working days to the client, considering the complexity of the offer.

The reason for which the said commission disqualified Doloopo Panama Corp. is that he did not present his financial statements for 2020, thereby violating the provisions of the Statement of Objections, which require the presentation of financial statements for 2020 and 2021.

What is unique about the public acts to maintain the Bridge of America and the Centennial Bridge is that in both The same companies compete.

In case of America bridgeAs happened with the Centenario Bridge project, Doloopo Panama Corp. made the lowest bid, with $5.3 million, while Centroequipos submitted a bid of $5.7 million.

In 2008, the opening of proposals for the maintenance of the Bridge of America was held April 14 and the commission for the evaluation of that public act has not yet published its report.

what will be done

As in the Bridge of America, in Centennial It will be done at night in order to avoid disruption, as little as possible, to vehicle traffic.

The advantage is that the bridge has six lanesthree in each direction, unlike the Las Américas bridge, which has only four lanes.

Works on the red-hot structure, which has been in operation for 17 years, should last eight months, but it can be less, if well coordinated with the contractorrevealed Rolando Lay, National Director of Studies and Design of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), in a previous interview with Panama America.

In addition to immediate repairs, both structures are considered to carry out the evaluationand then proceed with deeper maintenance.

To the Centenario Bridge, located at the entrance to the Culebra Cut, Cracks and cracks in the panels, faults in the electrical system will be repairedwear of building joints, separation of concrete in walls, slabs, beams, among others that are detected.

Also will be cleaned from the pavement and sidewalksyear, the vegetation of the area of ​​the bridge and its approaches, fences and colors will be placed on the anti-vandal pipes of all supports.