Two consortia bid for US$924.84mn Colombia highway concession

Two consortia have bid for Colombia's US$924.84 million (COP 1.79 trillion) Conexión Pacífico 1 highway concession, the first project under the Autopistas para la Prosperidad program and part of the country's fourth generation (4G) of concessions. There were 10 prequalified consortia and the two to submit bids were Autopista Conexión Pacífico I, comprised of local firm Estudios y Proyectos del Sol (Episol) and Spain's Iridium, and Infraestructura Vial de Colombia, comprised of Colombian firms Carlos Albe
April 17, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
Two consortia have bid for Colombia's US$924.84 million (COP 1.79 trillion) Conexión Pacífico 1 highway concession, the first project under the Autopistas para la Prosperidad program and part of the country's fourth generation (4G) of concessions.

There were 10 prequalified consortia and the two to submit bids were Autopista Conexión Pacífico I, comprised of local firm Estudios y Proyectos del Sol (Episol) and Spain's Iridium, and Infraestructura Vial de Colombia, comprised of Colombian firms Carlos Alberto Solarte, Cass Constructores, Alca Ingeniería and Latinoamericana de Construcciones and Mexican company Controladora de Operaciones de Infraestructura.

The Pacífico 1 four-lane stretch will run 49km from Ancón Sur to Bolombolo, and includes the construction of two tunnels and 42 bridges.

Autopistas para la Prosperidad, or the ’Highways for Prosperity program’, involves building some 900km of four-lane highways, 63km of bridges and 90km of tunnels.

Currently, national infrastructure agency ANI has nine highways in the tendering process under its 4G program, and Pacífico 1 is the second of these to receive bids.

The first to receive bids, the $486.39 million (COP 1.3 trillion) Girardot-Puerto Salgar highway, also saw offers from two consortia out of 10 prequalified firms.
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