The secretary of states disqualified Acciona Construcciones from the tender process for the PPP project including design, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of the railways between the port of Montevideo and Paso de Los Toros on basis of lack of transparency in the bidding process.
The Ferrocarril Central project is a public-private partnership to upgrade the 273 km Montevideo — Paso de Los Toros route. The tendering process took place in April 2018. In which 3 companies (Acciona, CMEC-SDHS, Grupo Via Central) showed interest and sent proposals.
Acciona Construcciones challenged Ministry of Transport and Public Works Minister Rossi's decision and said 'Decision was arbitrary and unjustified.' As a result, the Ministry postponed the opening of the third envelope with the economic offer corresponding to the tender to build the Central Railroad.
The Secretary of State explained that there was a recourse presented by Acciona Construcciones, a company that argues that "it had not had enough time to present its disclaimers on the report of the technical committee that analyzes the tender".
Country updates
-
-
July 24, 2018
Abengoa issues US$90-million bonds for Penitentiary PPP in Uruguay
Abengoa has announced it obtained financing for an amount of US$90 million through the issuance of bonds without endorsement in the Uruguayan capital market. This financing method will be t...
Read more -
June 05, 2018
Three bids for rail PPP in Uruguay
Uruguay's Ministry of Transport and Public Works has received three bids for the execution of the Ferrocarril Central (Central Railway) project, which involves the construction and maint...
Read more -
May 30, 2018
Two bids for road project in Uruguay
The National Directive of Roads of Uruguay has announced that it has received two bids for the design, construction, operation and financing of National Route 3 from La Radial to San Jos&eac...
Read more -
April 24, 2018
Tender launched for schools PPP project in Uruguay
The Government of Uruguay, through its National Public Education Administration (ANEP) has launched a tender for the design, financing, construction and operation of 58 schools located...
Read more -
January 29, 2018
Uruguay tenders road PPP
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) of Uruguay has called for bids for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the stretch of Route 3 that goes from La Radi...
Read more
