Mexican tender deals

Mexico's Government is launching the tender process for maintenance works to 734km of roads in the states of Mexico and Michoacan. The deal will be for a seven year period and this is the third of 43 tenders being launched by the Secretary of Transport and Communications (SCT)
May 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Mexico’s Government is launching the tender process for maintenance works to 734km of roads in the states of Mexico and Michoacan. The deal will be for a seven year period and this is the third of 43 tenders being launched by the Secretary of Transport and Communications (3067 SCT). Proposals for the US$294 million project will be received by 23rd November 2011. A deal has already been awarded to Mexican construction firm Conconal to provide maintenance to 755km of road, whilst a second package of road maintenance works in Veracruz, was awarded to Grupo Mexico de Desarollo (GMD). Others include a 1,000km project in Zacatecas for and a 900km road maintenance tender in Jalisco. The SCT will award 11 road maintenance contacts between 2011-2012.

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