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The international public tender to transfer the Central American Union port to a private company will be launched next month, said Nelson Vanegas, president of the Autonomous Port Executive Commission (CEPA).
"Until yesterday we had 69 days of promotion and consultation for the promotion of the port, we are going to do it now in November.The days to prepare your business plans (the companies) are 90, for registration, preparation of offers, consultations and clarifications of the process, we are going to keep the consultation open, "said Vanegas yesterday, during the accountability act of CEPA 2017-2018.
The term of 90 days, according to some experts in the matter, is very short. This is the first time that Vanegas outlines at public level the schedule of the concession of the unionense terminal.
La semana pasada, CEPA desarrolló con mucho hermetismo lo que denominó un "road show" para presentar el proyecto a potenciales inversionistas. A la cita llegaron siete empresas de Bélgica, Francia, Panamá, China, Costa Rica y Bahamas. Tras el encuentro, según Vanegas, están contando un plazo de 15 días para hacer ajustes a los documentos de las bases y obtener el aval de la Autoridad Marítima Portuaria (AMP), de la UNAC, del Ministerio de Hacienda y la no objeción de la Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Japón (JICA).
The first port concession process was frustrated in 2015. "After that consultation there have been changes to the bases that are being formulated," he added. From the submission of bids to the award, CEPA has scheduled 30 days, 30 more days for the Legislative Assembly to approve the concession and an additional 30 days for the contract to be signed.
The process has been classified as little "transparent" by the United States Embassy and by the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES). The embassy said, through its spokesperson, that a US company that initially showed interest in participating in the tender withdrew from the process soon after due to "the lack of transparency and uncertainty about the level playing field for participating companies. "
Vanegas response was that, like CEPA, they do not have a record of any company that has withdrawn from the process. According to Vanegas, he has requested meetings with businessmen, with the ambassador of the United States, Jean Manes, to tell them "what is really happening with the process". The official maintains that the concession process is "transparent", despite the fact that the port of La Union is declared as reserved information.
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