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Loboguerrero- Mulaló concession

Ten consortia have been shortlisted for the Public-Private Partnership contract for the financing, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, operation and maintenance of the Loboguerrero - Mulaló and Cali - Dagua - Loboguerrero corridor located in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The list of shortlisted companies follows:

• Consorcio Strabag-Concay - [Strabag AG (70 %) and Concay S.A. (30 %)]

• Estructura Plural Tradeco Cedicor - [Tradeco Infraestructura Sucursal Colombia (75 %) and Cedicor S.A. (25 %)]

• Concesionaria 4G Eurolat del Valle - [Infraestructura Concesionada S.A.S. Infracon S.A.S. (33.34 %), Acciona Concesiones Chile Ltda (33.34 %) and Nexus Infraestructura S.A.S (33.33 %)]

• Constructora Andrade Gutiérrez SA, Pavimentos Colombia SA y Sainc Ingenieros Constructores SA - [Constructora Andrade Gutiérrez (60 %), Pavimentos Colombia S.A.S.(25 %) and SAINC Ingenieros Constructores (15 %)]

• Estructura Plural Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico - [Estudios y Proyectos del Sol EPISOL S.A.S. (60 %) and Iridium Colombia Concesiones Varias S.A.S. (40 %)]

• OHL Concesiones - [OHL Concesiones Colombia S.A.S.(60 %) and OHL Concesiones Chile S.A (40 %)]

• Vinci - Conconcreto and Vinci del Pacífico - [Vinci Concessions S.A.S.(50 %) and Constructora Conconcreto S.A. (50 %)]

• Impregilo SPA-Salini SPA - [Impregilo SPA (50 %) and Salini SPA (50 %)]

• Estructura Plural Odebrecht  - [Odebrecht Latinvest Colombia S.A.S. (75 %) and Consultora Humberto Odebrecht de Colombia Ltda. (35 %)]

• SAC VT - [Concesia S.A.S. (50 %), MC Victorias Tempranas S.A.S (10 %) and Sacyr Concesiones Colombia S.A.S. (40 %)]

On April 25th, sixteen consortia had submitted expressions of Interest for the project. The estimated investment for the project is US$1.15 billion. The Request for Qualification was launched in early February 2013.

The second stage of the tender process will be opened in 30 days and the teams will have 5 months to prepare their bids.

Companies such as Cintra, IL&FS and Shikun & Binui will be not able to participate in this second stage.

Honda- Puerto Salgar - Girardot concession

Ten consortia have been shortlisted for the Public-private partnership contract for the design, construction, financing, operation and reversing of the corridor Honda - Puerto Salgar - Girardot.

• Hidalgo e Hidalgo SA Sucursal Colombia, Construcción y Administración SA, Hidalgo e Hidalgo Colombia SAS - [Hidalgo e Hidalgo S.A. Sucursal Colombia (50 %), Construcción y Administración S.A. - CASA (35 %), Hidalgo e Hidalgo Colombia S.A.S. (15 %)]

• Autopistas del Magdalena SPV - [KMA Construcciones S.A. (33%), OrtÁz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A (34 %) and Equipo Universal S.A. (33 %)]

• Concesionaria 4G Eurolat Centro - [Infraestructura Concesionada S.A.S. Infracon S.A.S. (33.34 %), Acciona Concesiones Chile Ltda (33.34 %) and Nexus Infraestructura S.A.S (33.33 %)]

• Constructora Andrade Gutiérrez SA, Pavimentos Colombia SA y Sainc Ingenieros Constructores SA - [Constructora Andrade Gutiérrez (60 %), Pavimentos Colombia S.A.S.(25 %) and SAINC Ingenieros Constructores (15 %)]

• Impregilo SPA-Salini SPA - [Impregilo SPA (50 %) and Salini SPA (50 %)]

• Mario Alberto Huertas Cotes, Constructora MECO SA Sucursal Colombia - [Mario Alberto Huertas C. (75%) and Constructura Meco S.A. (25 %)]

• Grupo Odinsa, Mincivil SA, Construcciones El Cóndor, Termotécnica Coindustrial SA, ICEIN SA, Mota-Engil Engenaria e Construcao SA Sucursal Colombia - [Grupo Odinsa S.A. (25 %), Mincivil S.A. (23.85 %), Construcciones El Cóndor S.A. (18 %), Termotécnica Coindustrial S.A. (16 %), Icein S.A.S. (7.15 %) and Mota - Engil Engenharia e Construcao S.A. (10 %)]

• Estructura Plural OHL Construcciones - [OHL Concesiones Colombia S.A.S.(60 %) and OHL Concesiones Chile S.A (40 %)]

• Infraestructura Vial Puerto Salgar - [Controladora de Operaciones de Infraestructura S.A. de CV (70 %), Alca Ingeniería S.A.S. (10 %) and Latinoamericana de Construcciones S.A (20 %)]

• Estructura Plural Cintra, Infraestructuras Colombia SAS e Intervial Colombia SAS - [Cintra Infraestructura Colombia S.A.S. (50 %) and Intervial Colombia S.A.S. (50 %)]

On April 25th, nineteen consortia had submitted expressions of interest for the project. The estimated investment for the project is US$784 million. The Request for Qualification was launched in early February 2013.

The second stage of the tender process will be opened in 30 days and the teams will have 5 months to prepare their bids.Companies such as ACS, Sacyr, Tradeco, Vinci and Strabag will be not able to compete for this project.Source: ANI