Gramosa Agroalimentos was the unique surviving bidder for the Terminal de Granel Agri´cola (Agribulk Terminal) for the new Veracruz Port, given that the only other interested party was disqualified for putting forward a non-compliant bid.

Gramosa bid with an offer of $12.69 million plus VAT. Its techical bid was viewed as equal to that of its competitor, whose financial bid did not however meet the terms and conditions laid out in the tender.

The other consortium had been put together by Grupo Comercializadora Portimex, Graneles Agri´colas de Veracruz, Comercializacio´n de Energe´ticos, Aceites, Combustibles de Veracruz, Graneles Agri´colas Intercon and Intalgrani.

The new public terminal will cover an area of 100,002 square metres and be accessed through a 300-metre long quay. This land will be infilled from the sea. Any agribulk product can be handled there, as well as liquids derivatives.

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