After six years of prevarication, the Ministry of Health has selected a company for the construction of a $614 million children’s hospital (Hospital del Nino) on the site of the former US Embassy.

Acciona Construcción obtained the highest score of the evaluation committee with  87.92, while its competitor Consorcio Camce Hospital del Niño obtained 72 points.

Even though Camce obtained the highest score in its economic proposal and in economic solvency (30 points) but got zero points for experience.

The economic proposal of Acciona Construction was for the sum of  $614,118,054.