Guatemala's Agencia Nacional de Alianzas para el Desarrollo de la Infraestructura Económica (ANADIE) has announced that ten national and international companies expressed interest in the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal Highway PPP.

As we reported in September 2016, ANADIE released the Request for Qualification documents (RFQ) for the project to invite potential bidders to express interest in the project. The following companies/consortia submitted qualifications:

• Consorcio Autopistas de Guatemala, formed by Precom and Marhnos (México and Guatemala)
• SuperCemento S.A.I.C (Argentina)
• Mota – Engil Latin América BV (Holanda)
• JJC Contratistas Generales S.A (Peru)
• Concay S.A (Colombia)
• Anas International Enterprise SPA (Italia)
• Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A (España)
• Coconal S.A.P.I de C.V - Operadora de Autopistas SA de CV (México)
• Shikun & Binui LTD S.B.I Infrastructure LTD (Israel)
• Cointer Concesiones, SL (España), Azvi's subsidiary

The project envisages the upgrade, finance operation and maintenance of the CA-9 Sur 40 km road stretch between the municipalities of Esquintla and San José on BOT basis. The total project investment is estimated at US$60 million with a concession contract of 30 years period.

As we reported in early March, ANADIE published a public private partnership (PPP) portfolio including a total of nine projects, including the above-referred highway, to be developed under the PPP model. Most of the projects belong to the transport sector. The portfolio includes the following projects, among others: Guatemala City's Commuter Rail and Road Interconnection Vial, Old Guatemala Bypass or the Pacific freight train PPP