A Comission of Observers will be holding individual hearings with each of the three contenders to win the tender for the administration of several of the nation’s principal airports. The DR government seeks a partner who can administer the Las Americas (Santo Domingo), Mar?a Montez (Barahona), Arroyo Barril (Saman?) and Gregorio Luper?n (Puerto Plata) airports and make investments estimated at US$200 million within the next three years. The companies will each have 30 minutes to present the content and of their proposals submitted to the Airport Commission. Members of the observer committee are TV producer Freddy Beras Goico; Bonaparte Gautreaux Pi?eyro, director of La Naci?n afternoon newspaper; lawyer Jottin Cury; engineer Alejandro Mont?s, president of the Dominican College of Engineers; Braulio Portes and the representatives of the Hotel & Restaurant Association and hte Association of Airlines. The contenders are: Grupo Calmaquip. Calmaquip Engineering Corporation (United States), Airport Consulting Vienna (Austria), Birk & Hillman Consultants (USA) and Dominican partners Compreica, OTESA, Omega Electrica and Airline Services Mani?o.Grupo Aeropuertos de Paris. Aeroports de Paris, Grupo Dumez-GTM (France) and Constructora Mendez Cabral. Grupo Aerodom. Vancouver Airport Services (Canada, Ogden Aviation Services (USA) and Impregilo (Italia). Dominican partners Operadora de Aeropuertos del Caribe, Colas (Francia), INITEC (Spain) and Banco de Santander (Spain).
