SANTO DOMINGO.- The Pro-Pedernales Trust, an entity that manages the tourism development of the province of Pedernales (Dominican Republic), has already awarded the construction of the airfield at the Cabo Rojo International Airport.
The winning company was a Spanish company that has built more than 10 airports globally: Acciona Construcción SA.
Specifically, the base bid was 3.64 billion Dominican pesos, and Acciona submitted a bid of 3,961,295,253.98 Dominican pesos. This represents an 8.83% increase.
However, as a general rule, tenders do not only take price into account.
The other companies that participated in the bidding process were Consorcio Aeroportuario del Sur, made up of Alba Sánchez & Asociados, SAS; Consorcio Pedernales CR, made up of Ingeniería Estrella, SA; Remix, SA; Consorcio Nacir, made up of IDC Construcción, SRL; Consorcio Obras Aeroportuarias de Pedernales (COAP), made up of ISECON Ingeniería Servicios y Construcciones, SRL; and Consorcio Oviedo, made up of J López Constructora, SRL.
In this sense, in the 'top 3' the result of the public competition was the following: with 93.34 points, Acciona; with 92 points, Consorcio Pedernales; and with 86.38 points for Remix.
Based on the qualification, the construction of the international airport terminal, which is being built in Oviedo, was awarded to the “Bidder/Proponent Acciona Construcción, SA, for complying with all the technical and economic requirements requested by the Pro-Pedernales Trust indicated in the Terms and Conditions and their respective annexes.”.
It is worth remembering that the Cabo Rojo International Airport, Pedernales, will be built in the Los Tres Charcos community of Oviedo, where the Government began clearing work in November 2023.
By that date it had been announced that the cost of the new international airport would be RD$2,245 million pesos.
The terminal would be the starting point for international flights that will bring tourists to Pedernales to the hotels that are being built.
