The governments of Cordoba and Santa Fe They took another step in the tender for the construction of the aqueduct that will benefit 410,000 people, with the opening of four economic offers presented by a total of 11 national and foreign companies.
The work in its first stage contemplates the construction of a trunk of 144 kilometers and 345 kilometers of branches. The route will connect the city of Coronda in Santa Fe with the city of San Francisco in Cordoba, and once completed, it will supply the service to 54 towns in both provinces: 33 from Santa Fe and 21 from Córdoba.
As explained by the Biprovincial Executing Unit (UEB) that is carrying out the tender, for the execution of block A there is financing from the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund (Kuwait) for Arab Economic Development. The official budget is $8,889,643,718 and includes the execution of the intake work, water treatment plant, pumping station No. 1, the electrical installation and the first trunk section of the aqueduct and the connection branch to Coronda. The expected execution period is 720 days.
The first historical milestone of this mega-project was achieved on January 30 in San Francisco by the governors of Córdoba, Juan Schiaretti, and of Santa Fe, Omar Perotti, who participated in the first opening of offers and envelopes. Last week’s act was a continuation of that first opening, with the offers that passed the initial evaluation.
economic offers
The second opening of offers, in this case the economic ones, took place last Monday in the auditorium of the Ministry of Public Services of Córdoba. The event was headed by the Cordovan Minister of Public Services, Fabian Lopez; the provincial Secretary of Water Resources, Edgar Castello, the Secretary of Companies and Public Services of Santa Fe, Carlos Mainaand the Undersecretary of Investment Projects from Santa Fe, Claudio Visiotogether with the authorities that make up the Executing Unit.
The economic offers corresponded to three lines of the “Phase 1 – Block A” of Stage I Coronda-San Francisco of the interprovincial aqueduct. The minutes are published on the official purchasing and contracting site of Córdoba.
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Proposal No. 1 was from the UTE confirmed by Supercemento SAIC, Projection Electroluz SRL and Boetto and Buttigliengo SA. for the 3 lines with VAT and taxes included: $18,876 million for Line 1; $16,301 million for Line 2 and $4,207 million for Line 3. That gives a total of $39,385,218,241.
Offer No. 2 was the UTE of Benito Roggio e Hijos SA, José J. Chediak SAICA and Obrings SA for $18,107 million for Line 1 and $13,374 million for Line 2.
Proposal No. 3 was the UTE of Eiling, CRIG (China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd) and the national company Aristar. In this case, they offered $19,501 million for Line 1 and $16,073 for the next one, but they included a letter of discount of 9.725% for the first item and 7% for the second, which implied an improvement in the final prices: $17,604 million and $14,984 million, respectively. With this discount, Proposal No. 3 was better positioned for Line 1 because it is the cheapest offer.
Proposal No. 4 was for the joint venture made up of another Chinese company Gezhouba Group Company Ltd Argentina Branch, Ecosur and Santa Fe Córdoba Aqueduct. In this case, they offered $17,834 million for Line 1 and $14,384 million for Line 2.
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“The second bidding instance planned for the execution of the first stage of block A of the mega work that will supply drinking water to towns of Córdoba and Santa Fe was carried out. It is a milestone for both provinces in terms of water supply” , the organizers highlighted at the end of the event.
More water, more future
Based on the Provincial Strategic Plan, the Santa Fe government is developing the large aqueduct program, made up of 11 systems, several of which have already been inaugurated and others are underway.
Likewise, in Córdoba, a Strategic Plan for 12 new trunk aqueducts is in full swing, foreseeing within them and jointly with Santa Fe the incorporation of a very important source from the Paraná River system, which will guarantee the development of its population. to future. “In this way, the current scheme of supply sources will be weakened in the face of the threats of climate change,” They stressed from the UEB.
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The work of Stage I will extend from the water intake on the Paraná River to San Francisco, joining the existing aqueduct network in the northeast area of Córdoba, foreseeing in a future second stage an extension that will allow reaching the capital city. cordovan Phase 1 of Stage I will benefit 17 Santa Fe cities, but with the second phase there will be 37 more: 21 from Córdoba and 16 from its neighbor Santa Fe. The complete work (Stage I and II) will benefit 83 localities, that is, more than 1 million inhabitants.
Source: Ambito
