Public-Private Partnership for Navigability of the Magdalena River

The website offers a list of all project documents. The file name of the signed contract is “Contrato” described as “CONTRATO DE APP NO 001 DE 2014” and it can be found in the left column of the page.

All project documents, including the PPP contract, are in Spanish language only.

Main Features:

This is a public-private partnership to recover the navigability of Magdalena River under a Design, Build, Finance, Operation, Maintenance and Transfer contract (Clause 2).

Concesión para el mantenimiento, la administración y la operación de los parqueaderos públicos habilitados por el IDU, Bogotá (Concession for the Maintenance, Administration and Operation of the Public Parking Facilities) - Colombia

Short summary in English: A concession agreement between the City of Bogota’s Urban Development Institute and Union Temporal City Parking, a private entity. This is a two-year agreement, renewable by mutual accord. The Contract does not commit the public sector to minimum revenue payments. It contemplates fixed and variable payments from the private to the public entity, reviewed annually to keep with inflation. Maximum tariffs are set by decree.

Performance of the Transport Infrastructure Sector (Desempeño del Sector de Infrastructura del Transporte - original document in Spanish)

Shows the results of a study done on the Colombian transportation infrastructure´s economic and financial situation, particularly indicating the special role of the SMEs in the sector. The research indicates, as one of the conclusions, that 78% of the companies from the construction subsector are SMEs, with an operational revenue of $4.9 trillion Colombian pesos by 2014.

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Decreto 309 de 2009 - Integrated System of Public Transportation (Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público, SITP- Bogota)(Spanish)

 

This decree sets a very important precedent for the incorporation of SMEs and existing operators into new PPP projects. For example, the decree imposed democratization as a principle of the adoption process of the new transportation system. Specifically, it indicates that implementation of the SITP should aim to include the highest possible number of existing owners of public transportation vehicles and drivers, such as through new operation contracts.

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