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Swiss-Austrian Doppelmayr close to building Panama’s first cable car
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Swiss-Austrian Doppelmayr close to building Panama’s first cable car

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

At a glance

Newswire Official statement New plan
  • Panama’s bid evaluation commission recommended awarding a 270 million dollar cable-car project to Swiss-Austrian company Doppelmayr.
  • The proposed San Miguelito cable car would run 6.6 kilometers, include six stations and connect with Panama City’s Line 2 metro.
  • Doppelmayr was the only bidder and offered 255.16 million dollars before a 7% tax that does not apply to Metro de Panamá.

Panama’s first cable car moved closer to construction after an evaluation commission recommended awarding the 270 million dollar San Miguelito project to Doppelmayr.

The Panama subsidiary of the Swiss-Austrian company met the requirements of the tender, the Metro de Panamá Secretariat said. The recommendation still requires further administrative steps before the contract is awarded.

Doppelmayr Panama Corp. was the only company to submit a proposal on Aug. 18. Its offer totaled 255,163,788.03 dollars before a 7% tax, which does not apply because Metro de Panamá is exempt.

The tender was relaunched in July at an adjusted price of 270 million dollars after an earlier 278.6 million dollar process ended without bids in May. The project will cover about 6.6 kilometers and include six stations linking sectors of Panama City with the neighboring, densely populated district of San Miguelito. It will connect to the capital’s Line 2 metro.

The contract covers design, additional studies, construction, equipment supply and installation, system integration, testing, certification, commissioning and operational handover. It also includes an optional maintenance package. President José Raúl Mulino welcomed the recommendation, saying, “San Miguelito will have its cable car!”

Doppelmayr is also building a 220 million dollar cable car in Guatemala City. That system is expected to begin operating in 2027 and will cover 8.9 kilometers in two sections.

San Miguelito will have its cable car!

— José Raúl MulinoThe Panamanian president celebrated the evaluation commission’s recommendation.
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Originally published by ABC Color 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.

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