El Salvador’s Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA) has opened an international tender for a four-level parking building at El Salvador International Airport San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez. The project is the first concrete scheme activated under the country’s USD 195 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.
Tender opens with an application deadline
The proposed building will provide 2,050 vehicle spaces across four levels at El Salvador International Airport. CEPA published the international tender notice on 4 September, according to Diario El Mundo, and interested companies have until 16 October to send their request to the commission’s procurement email. The reported step is the submission of a request to participate, rather than an announcement of an awarded contract. In procurement terms, an international tender is a competitive procedure opened to firms beyond the purchasing authority’s domestic market. Here, the notice identifies the opportunity and a channel and deadline for interested businesses to engage with CEPA.
Loan proceeds support the first activated project
The parking scheme is being financed through the loan of USD 195 million that El Salvador signed with the Inter-American Development Bank in January 2026. In May, the Legislative Assembly amended the 2026 state budget to incorporate USD 30.2 million from that borrowing. The funds are transferred to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, which will pass them to CEPA for delivery. Of the allocation, USD 29.66 million is for physical works including earthmoving, potable water, wastewater, stormwater and electrical ducting. The remaining USD 635,714 is for technical and administrative support for the programme’s implementing unit.
Parking forms part of a wider airport programme
The car park is one element of a broader modernisation plan financed by the BID loan. The bank approved the borrowing over 23 years, including seven and a half years of grace, while 95% of the funds is intended for passenger-terminal expansion and new operational infrastructure. Planned works include six naturally lit waiting rooms, six additional boarding bridges that would bring the total to 25, a larger apron for wide-body aircraft, a new taxiway and a fire station. The source reports the tender opening and funding arrangements, but no winning bidder or contract award for the parking building.
CEPA is managing several projects at once
CEPA’s parking project sits within a portfolio of nine simultaneous projects with a programmed investment of USD 291.36 million, according to Diario El Mundo. The largest is the Pacific International Airport in La Unión, valued at USD 120.21 million, of which USD 54.68 million had been executed by June. CEPA president Federico Anliker said in July that earthmoving at that project was 92% complete and that operations were expected in less than two years. Its first phase has a total investment of USD 386 million and is expected to generate more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Purchasing authority | Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA) |
| Project | Four-level airport parking building |
| Planned capacity | 2,050 vehicle spaces |
| Application deadline | 16 October |
| Loan supporting the programme | USD 195 million from the Inter-American Development Bank |
| Physical works allocation | USD 29.66 million |
| Wider CEPA portfolio | Nine simultaneous projects worth USD 291.36 million |
The parking building is the first concrete project activated under the USD 195 million BID loan.
WHY IT MATTERS
The opportunity illustrates how a public buyer can bring a lender-backed infrastructure programme into delivery through a project-level international tender. For potential suppliers, the immediate procurement event is the request to participate and its 16 October deadline; the wider loan programme explains the pipeline of related airport works.
Reported from infobae.com, 2026-09-08. The Tender Wire is published by Otnox.
