The government signed the first two concession contracts in PPP

The signing of the first two contracts to be given in concession had so much entity for the government
the pathways through the public-private participation system (PPP) that the act was done in the fifth of Olivos. Even with the travel host (the president


Mauricio Macri
was on the way to Bariloche), the best scenario was chosen for the occasion

There were two companies that signed these agreements. The first is for the corridor that connects Las Flores to Coronel Dorrego, in addition to another branch that goes from Olavarría to Mar del Plata. The winners were Paolini Hermanos, Vial Agro and Italian INC.

The other branch is the one that runs through Buenos Aires and the south of Córdoba to finally reach Mendoza. It had as winner the company Cartellone, one of the most known public works firms in Argentina, which is, precisely, of origin of Mendoza.

Last week began a deadline until the 30th of this month, when companies who stayed with the best offer sign the contract. Once they do, they will have five days to take the corridor.

The question is whether all the winners will sign the agreement. For those who do not, according to the plans provided in the tender documents, a penalty of $ 15 million will be executed, which is provided for in the specifications in the event that the One of them withdraws from the game.

Transportation,


Guillermo Dietrich
the responsible for closing the act of signing agreements. "It's a moment when the deep changes we're making are being consolidated, although this is usually covered by the situation, since the process started until the work was done, he said. will be about seven years old. always rejected by the short term with which we live, "said the official.

What is coming now is to finalize the details with the other consortia. Rovella Carranza, the company that won the highway Buenos Aires-Cañuelas and that was in the hands of an Indalo Group company, owned by businessman Cristóbal López, is currently in custody.

Doubts are in the consortium that integrates Helport (a company of the Eurnekian Group), Panedile, Copasa and Eleprint, winners of the sections of highway that connect Buenos Aires with Rosario and Rosario with Córdoba.

The transport minister himself, Guillermo Dietrich, he advanced to the leaders of the company that manages the owner of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 that the decision to opt for the guarantee is firm.In fact, at a cabinet meeting, the minister consulted the president Mauricio Macri and his colleagues. The decision was to apply this penalty. "It does not matter that one of the winners does not sign, the penalty will be executed and it will be renewed, unless there is a small difference with the second," said yesterday The Minister.

The importance of signing these PPP agreements It has become a determinant for the construction sector. It turns out that in the midst of the adjustment of spending to which the government is committed


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The decline of infrastructure projects has always been considered one of the first tools to subtract some zero from the final sum.

Much of the movement that public works will have in 2019 has to do with the outcome of these two weeks, since it is about committed investments for about $ 5300 million. "In our area there will be more work next year than that," Dietrich repeated every time he was consulted on the cut for 2019. The progress of this work will be crucial to deflate some budgets. In this case, since the construction of the main works will have private disbursements and no longer the Treasury.

"These are contracts that benefit the private sector." These two consortiums who signed contracts for $ 2.4 billion now have 12 months to close the financing. This is a sign that there is a market ready to finance this work, it's a sign of confidence, "said José Luis Morea, secretary of the public-private participation of the Ministry of Finance.

Although the envelopes opened in the middle of the exchange race, the appeal of PPP offers has received 32 job offers for approximately $ 5376 million.The good track of the PPP will determine, in turn, two other calls for tenders that are planned until the end of the year. There are other packages of brokers who were not part of this step.

Dietrich said the employees of the current brokers will be absorbed by the new companies, and when the work progresses, some booths tolls will be abolished