The consortium made up of México Proyectos y Desarrollos and México Compañía Constructora (subsidiaries of the infrastructure area of Mexico Group, chaired by the businessman German Larrea) and the Spanish Acciona Construcción and its subsidiary Acciona Infraestructura México won this Friday the tender to build, electrify and preserve the southern section 5 of the Maya Trends (Playa del Carmen-Tulum), with its offer of 17,815.6 million pesos.
According to the verdict, published by the National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur), the group “obtained the highest score in the evaluation of the technical proposal and the economic proposal, in addition to meeting all the requirements established in the applicable legislation.”
In this open international public tender, under electronic modality, nine consortiums participated with economic offers ranging from 15,543.4 million pesos to 28,116.8 million pesos (the one chosen was the fifth lowest).
The two cheapest offers (one led by the ASCH-Power China International Group duo and the other by CAABSA and COMSA) were rejected for not presenting documentation that would guarantee having the machinery and equipment required.
In the technical evaluation, the groups headed by: Aldesem- China Railway Construction Corporation, Operadora CICSA-La Peninsular and VISE-Rubau were also left out of the game.
Later, on the economic side, the consortiums led by the Caltia-Citcocomex Group and Sacyr-Calzada Construcciones duo were disqualified.
With these results, in the final stretch, the consortium of Mexican and Spanish construction companies prevailed over ICA, Mota Engil México, GAMI and IDINSA (companies that for their part participate in the construction of three sections of the Mayan Train and presented the second offer most expensive: 20,375.3 million pesos).
Grupo México was “palomeado”
On the afternoon of Thursday, November 7, 2019, a group of businessmen who own construction companies were invited by the President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to an informational meeting about the Mayan Train at the National Palace, in Mexico City.
Participants included: Carlos Slim, Carlos Hank González (from Grupo Hermes, to which La Peninsular belongs), Olegario Vázquez Aldir (de Prodemex) y Ricardo Salinas Pliego. In addition to representatives of Acciona, Sacyr and Pinfra, among others.
In this context, this Friday, January 29, 2021, the penultimate segment of public works that will be tendered by the Fonatur of the Maya Trends. Sections 6 and 7 will be in charge of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
The experience of México Proyectos y Desarrollos and México Compañía Constructora is directly related to the transportation area of Grupo México, owner of the cargo companies Ferrosur and Ferromex.
For its part, Acciona, according to its website, covers all phases of the railway construction process, from feasibility and design studies to construction, work supervision and maintenance.
It also has a Madrid, Spain, a construction technology center, which “acts as a mega innovation laboratory in which sustainable infrastructures prepared for the worst effects of the climate emergency are designed”, for example, which should be applied in the area that is annually impacted by the hurricane season.
Original Article: https://www.archyworldys.com/gmexico-and-acciona-get-on-the-mayan-train-will-build-section-5-south/
