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CIV Still Has Not Published Bids for Three Bridges Raising Overpricing Concerns

From La Hora · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Guatemala’s infrastructure ministry has not published the bids received for three bridge projects on the Guatecompras portal.
  • A price comparison by La Hora raised concerns that the projects could be overvalued by as much as Q148 million.
  • The contracts were put out under a tendering process.

Guatemala’s Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing continues to withhold information on the bids received for three bridge projects.

The ministry has not published the offers on the Guatecompras procurement portal. A comparison of prices by La Hora suggested that the projects could be overvalued by up to Q148 million.

The competitions were awarded under a tendering process, but the available report ends while describing the procurement procedure.

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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.