Argentina delays again PPP bid opening
Argentina's transport ministry pushed back the bid opening date for the first six contracts to be tendered under its US$30bn PPP program until April 24, due to the high interest in the tender.
The six contracts entail the improvement and operation of several highway corridors,
"In light of the scale of the current tender, of the offers to be presented, and the numerous extension requests made by the interested parties, everything points to a high turnout, not only of bidders, but also of those interested in assisting the public opening act," news agency Télam cited transport minister Guillermo Dietrich as saying.
Offers were scheduled to be unveiled on April 20, but this isn't the first delay. When the tender was launched in January the original opening date was penciled in for April 8.
These first six contracts entail works on over 2,500km of roads across Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Mendoza, Córdoba and La Pampa provinces, including investments of US$6bn over the next four years.
They are:
Last week, President Mauricio Macri issued a decree that exempts participants of the upcoming PPP projects from paying VAT.
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