ProInversión launches tender for stretch 2 of IIRSA Centro highway - Peru
ProInversión launches tender for stretch 2 of IIRSA Centro highway - Peru
Saturday, November 7, 2009
(BNamericas.com) - Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversión has launched a tender to concession a section of the IIRSA Centro highway, the entity reported in a release.
Stretch 2 involves the Puente Ricardo Palma (Lima)-La Oroya (Junín)-Huancayo (Junín) section and the La Oroya-Cerro de Pasco (Pasco) connection, totaling about 370km, according to the bidding rules.
The IIRSA Centro highway will also involve Ucayali and Huánuco regions.
Although ProInversión published the bidding rules, it has yet to set a schedule for the tender process. The required investment will depend on the bids submitted, while technical details and the final design of the highway stretch will be determined following further studies.
The awardee will be selected according to the additional infrastructure it offers to build based on the minimum established by ProInversión in the concession contract, which has not yet been drawn up.
The concessionaire will build, operate and maintain the stretch for 25 years and will transfer the infrastructure to the state once the contract expires, according to the bidding rules.
During the tender process, ProInversión will shortlist companies to facilitate the selection process.
The highway will improve connectivity between Peru and Brazil, supporting the socio-economic development and trade potential of the two counties, as well as the region's competitiveness.
In 2007, ProInversión launched a tender to concession the 867km IIRSA Centro highway and shortlisted seven companies to take part in the tender. The process was declared void in July of that year after investors expressed concern about the risk of taking on the entire project.
The entity then decided to divide the highway into stretches and hold different tenders for each one, reducing the complexity of the project.
The shortlisted firms in 2007 were grouped into five consortiums: Colombian Concesión Vial Amazonas Centro and Centro IIRSA; Peruvian consortium Peruano del Centro, comprised of Graña y Montero and JJ Camet; Brazilian consortium Eje Centro, formed by Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez; and Peruvian-Ecuadorian consortium Concesionaria del Sur.
The highway, officially called Eje Multimodal Amazonas Centro, is included in the list of the government's priority projects and is part of the South American infrastructure integration initiative IIRSA. ...
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