Guatemala launches supervision, construction tenders for overpasses

Guatemala launched supervision and construction tenders for vehicle overpasses, and interested parties may submit bids until November 2.

The ministry of communications, infrastructure and housing (CIV) published tender 17973929, requesting technical, administrative and environmental supervision of works on a 300m, two-lane overpass for national route 1 in Quetzaltenango municipality. 

A contract awarding date was not provided. 

Works are part of a program to “provide a road infrastructure that fulfills the needs of the population in a smooth, agile, and safe way, boosting geographical integration and economic and social development of the country,” according to documents published on procurement platform Guatecompras.

Meanwhile, tender 18012124 is for a new 300m overpass on route RN-10-01 in Sacatepéquez. The overpass will “increase, improve and maintain the state and access to the road network, as well as increasing access to public services like health, education, housing, commerce.”

Another tender, accessible via ID 18012094, was launched for a similar project near Ciudad Satélite, in Mixco. The overpass is expected to be 300m long and 8m wide and help alleviate traffic.

It should take “into account the traffic that comes from Ciudad Satélite and the rest of the districts in this sector, as well as the existence of schools that use this road and head to the different areas the route serves,” according to the tender documents.