The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has announced those interested in participating in the supervision of the project for the Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems of the Canal del Dique in Bolívar, Colombia.

The project has an area of influence between marine and continental of 435,000 ha, including the Canal del Dique with a total length of 115.5 km, which includes the waterway between Calamar and the Bay of Cartagena. It serves up to 1.5 million inhabitants in 19 municipalities.

The 13 interested consortia that applied are:

• Caribbean Consortium 2023;
• Canal del Dique Consortium;
• CBC Dam Inspector Consortium;
• Canal Del Dique Supervisor Consortium;
• Inter Channel CIO;
• IVICSA-Engevix-Piv Consortium;
• GPC Dam Consortium;
• Interdique HV Consortium;
• MAI Dam Consortium;
• Intercanal Dam Consortium;
• Dam Consortium;
• Canal del Dique Consortium;
• and Interchannel Consortium.

The winning consortium will be responsible for technical, economic, financial, accounting, legal, social, property, environmental, network, administrative, insurance, risk, operational, maintenance and quality management supervision of the project concession contract of the Dike Channel.

The supervision contract is valued at COP74 billion (US$15.65 million) that will be executed in the next 7 and a half years. The award process will take place on March 24, 2023.