The plot of the counting of the vote: they postpone the election ballot for the elections

The plot of who will be responsible for counting the vote on the night of

elections

It will spread even more. The government has decided to postpone its offer for the interim review, a contract of up to about 30 million US dollars.

According to official sources, LA NACION knew it, companies will have time to submit technical and economic proposals not until next Wednesday, as planned, but until March 8.

In the

Argentine courier

They explained that interested companies had conducted dozens of consultations for aspects that were not clearly defined in the bidding documents. And this does not reach the physical time to answer in time. "On the 1st of March, the question period is closed so that we can respond to everyone.The idea is to present as many companies as possible," they said in the official postal service. The post was hired by the Ministry of the Interior to perform the operation on the evening of the presidential election.

The truth is that behind the call for tenders for interim control, a silent war was waged between companies interested in the key contract of the election year.

Business War

In the beginning, it was a close battle between Indian Indra, who has been in charge of polls in Argentina for 30 years, and Smartmatic, a company that since 2004 has been working in Venezuelan elections to denounce Chavismo. in 2017 and went looking for other markets.

Both companies are trying to advance the discussions to get the favor of Cambiemos officials. In government, they decide between innovating with a new company or going back to the old and famous Indra, as they did in the 2017 parliamentary elections. In this case, the executive branch had I did not want to break with the tradition of the Spaniards. They give priority to cost reduction.

In the fight, according to those who closely follow the call for bids, other companies would join, which could break the "polarization" between Indra and Smartmatic. This is Thomas Greg & Sons, a company that participated in the electoral process in Colombia and an old acquaintance of the former president of this country, Juan Manuel Santos, who has been part of its board of directors , according to the Colombian press.

Also Magic Software Argentina (MSA), known in Macrismo because it was responsible for providing electronic ticket machines in the elections of Buenos Aires.

Rules of the game

THE NACION having been able to rebuild itself, the companies are today perfectly aware of the technical requirements set out in the bidding documents. What they do not understand, is how their offers will be evaluated by Correo Argentino. That is, it is convenient for them to develop their proposals for adding points to the eyes of the officials who will make the final decision.

The call for tenders provides that the Argentinian postal service first evaluates the technical offers and establishes an order of merit. The companies that pbad this filter will go to the compilation of the economic proposals, where the officials will observe what is the cheapest offer. Once these prices are known, it will take another ten days to renegotiate.

The companies complained because Correo Argentino had not specified how each of the requirements of the exclusion of the offer would be taken into account. They also asked for more explanations about the selection mechanism.

"Please, can you specify what are the trading rules once the offer of a supplier has been accepted?", Has she been one? questions from one of the interested companies. Other companies, for example, were not clear whether they had to bid in pesos or dollars.

Companies want precision on the rules of the game, while moving their contacts to win the final battle.