Germán Vargas Lleras, Vice President-elect of Colombia has announced plans to award two airport concessions on December 19th, 2014.

The Colombian National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has split the contracts in two public private partnership (PPP) tenders for the design, upgrade, construction, operation and maintenance of:

• Tender 1: Barranquilla International Airport
• Tender 2: Airports of Armenia, Popoayán and Neiva

The total investment for the airport of Armenia will be P$135,480 million (US$67.4 million). It involves the pavement upgrade of 180.240 m² and the paving of 21,850 m², construction of a new control tower and the upgrade of the international terminal, among others.

The total investment for the airport of Neiva will be P$75,000 million (US$37.3 million). It involves the  provision of new equipment and upgrade the cargo terminal, among others.

The total investment for the airport of Popayan will be P$75,869 million (US$37.7 million). It involves the upgrade of the passenger and cargo terminal, among others.

For the Barranquilla International Airport the total investment is estimated at P$345,543 million (US$171.9 million). It involves the total pavement upgrade, the upgrade of the lighting system and the passenger terminal, the provision of new equipment and the development of a new cargo terminal, among others.

ANI announced the shortlisted investors for the concessions in October 2013. The consortia are the following:

• Aeropuertos Colombia SPV: KMA Construcciones S.A (Colombia) 50% and Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos (Spain) 50%

• EP Pavcol: Pavimentos Colombia SAS (Colombia) 99% and Industrias Asfálticas Colombia (Colombia) 1%

• EP Ferrovial Aeropuertos SA y Cintra Infraestructuras Colombia SAS: Ferrovial Aeropuertos SAS(Spain) 95% and Cintra Infraestructura Colombia SAS (Spain) 5%

• Oma-Darvy / Colpatria: Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte Sab de CV  (Mexico)  75% and Aeropuerto de Monterrey SA de CV (Mexico) 25%

• EP Conexión Aérea 2014: Cointer Concesiones SL (Spain) 25% and P3 Infraestructura SAS (Colombia) 75%

• EP Aeroportuaria del Caribe y del Interior: Epacin Arquitectos e Ingenieros Asociados AIA S.A (Colombia) 30%, Portales Urbanos S.A (Colombia) 32,5%, Nexus Infraestructura SAS (Colombia) 32,5% and Airavata SAS (Colombia) 5%

• EP Nuevos Aeropuertos Colombianos NAC Cedicor S.A (Uruguay) 65% and Epican SAS (Colombia) 35%

• Concesionaria Aeropuertos del Desarrollo PFS: China Gezhouba Group Company Limited sucursal Colombia CHINA 50% and Benton SAS (Colombia) 50%

• Concesionaria Aeropuertos Colombia SPV: Valores y Contratos Valorcon S.A (Colombia) 25%, Equipo Universal S.A (Colombia) 25% and RM Holdings SAS (Colombia) 50%

• EP Aeropuerto Atlántico: Estudios y Proyectos del Sol SAS Episol SAS (Colombia) 60% and Estudios Proyectos e Inversiones de los Andes S.A (Colombia) 40%