SBI confirmed that received two proposals from the private sector during the tender of the Neptuno Project (better known as the Arazatí Project) for the construction of a new water treatment plant in the Arazatí spa, in the department of Saint Joseph.
state company will evaluate the proposals for a period of between 60 and 90 days to finally decide which of the two private companies will award the project. Both proposals were described as “important”, where a lot of documentation was also attached.
One of the bidders, the consortium Arazati Groupis made up of CEI and Teyma while the other is about Montevideo waters, included by the companies by the companies Berkes, Ciemsa, Fast, and Saceem. Aguas de Montevideo was the one who had promoted the private initiative to the Executive Power, in the first instance.
“We understand that it is the solution to eliminate the fragility of the drinking water supply that the entire metropolitan area has“said about the project the president of OSE, Raul Montero. Likewise, he indicated that the Arazatí tender is taking place at a very special moment due to the water emergency that is taking place in the national territory.
OSE Vice President Susana Montanerassured through his Twitter account that the Arazatí Project supposes “the largest investment in drinking water in the last 150 years“.
In this line, the senator of the Colorado Party and former minister of Atmosphere, Adrian Penahighlighted the offers received and the fact that in 2020, “in the midst of a pandemic”, the government decided to advance in this historic investment that would allow “solving the supply to the metropolitan area.”
The OSE union showed its repudiation of the tender for the Arazatí Project
The Federation of OSE Officials (ffose) mobilized today to the company’s headquarters on Carlos Roxlo street in protest against the receipt of offers for the public tender of the Arazati Project.
From FFOSE they understood that the bidding process should be suspended because it was a “lousy business” for the state company, and also “be a work for 3 years from now“, that does not solve the current problem of the water crisiswhere “salt water” is being sent to the people.
The FFOSE workers (accompanied by workers from other unions) were not received by the OSE board of directors, who they decided to close the doors of the building. The tension outside the headquarters escalated to the point where there were incidents between the demonstrators and the policewhich urged them to withdraw.
Source: Ambito
