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The hauling cranes are getting closer to returning to the streets of Buenos Aires en masse. The bidding process to regulate the system took an important step with the selection of the
hauling cranes are getting closer to returning to the streets of Buenos Aires en masse. The bidding process to regulate the system took an important step with the selection of the companies that will operate the service throughout the city. A firm with experience in the activity and two linked to waste collection will be the new concessionaires in a process that left two others by the wayside.
Links with the Moyano and the Truckers union, and the shadow of one of the two companies that operated the service for decades and with expired contracts fly over an election that has already gone through two decisive stages: the opening of the technical and bidding envelopes. economical. In the coming weeks, according to the official forecast, the contracts should be established and, in the following five months, the new operation should begin.
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Meanwhile, the hauling service continues to be managed by Autopistas Urbanas SA (AUSA), the state management company that took control when the City terminated the contracts with Dakota and BRD in August 2022. The service is provided on demand , that is, after a complaint for bad parking, obstruction of a ramp or garage entrance. Tow trucks dont patrol the city like they did for decades. Even so, the balance is positive, with an accumulated collection of more than $30,000,000 as of last May.
Transportes 9 de Julio, Ashira-Ecoba SA and SAEM-Tránsito Rosario are the three companies that managed to overcome the technical and economic requirements, while Rinkel Trail-Escalum Investment and Plein Air Park SA were left out of the competition for different reasons. “Currently the evaluation stage is taking place. In the coming weeks the pre-award will be carried out and then the final award will be made. Once awarded, the companies are expected to begin the operation five months after signing the contract, the deadline for the acquisition of equipment and adaptation of the beaches,” reports the citys Ministry of Transportation and Public Works.
However, as LA NACIÓN learned, there is already an unofficial agreement for SAEM to operate in the northern zone, Ashira in the south and Transportes 9 de Julio in the west, according to the analysis of the offers and the division of the city established in the document. Bidding. In each of the three zones, companies must operate with two hauling yards and cranes that incorporate technology to follow the routes in real time and control that the service is optimal. The beaches will be located in Obelisco and Tacuarí and San Juan (south); at the Faculty of Law and in Guzmán at 900, in Chacarita (north); and in Ramón Falcón at 4700 and Dávila at 1000 (west).
The Transitional Business Union (UTE) Ashira-Ecoba SA and Transporte 9 de Julio are waste collection companies with no experience in parking or hauling crane services. Although official information tries to dispel them, LA NACIÓN confirmed from various sources that both are promoted by the strong man of Camioneros who had ties to BRD, who deployed the necessary lobbying to ensure that the companies kept two zones. These maneuvers generated discomfort among some officials who walked away from the negotiation.
Dakota, the other firm that operated irregularly and with expired and extended contracts since 2001, in exchange for a depreciated fee, also wanted to stay in the hauling business, but was not allowed. The alleged links of its shareholders with former Buenos Aires officials and sanctions and legal actions for non-compliance left it isolated. Some time ago Brewda Construcciones, of the Dakota group, had been sanctioned by the General Inspection of Justice for the lack of presentation of its financial statements and documentation related to the financial years of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Brewda operates underground parking lots in the city.
According to the information in the documents, Ashira began offering, in 1998, the leasing of urban hygiene equipment and atmospheric tanks to the Buenos Aires government and, since 2014, it has been in charge of collecting and sweeping a part of the city. It also operates in Trelew (Chubut), Junín, San Pedro, Balcarce and San Martín (Buenos Aires), and San Francisco (Córdoba). While the main activity of Ecoba (Buenos Aires Construction Company) is construction, in addition to waste collection; The company is in charge of maintaining green spaces in communities.
Transportes 9 de Julio SA, for its part, is a firm created in 1976 in Santa Fe, with participation in the waste collection of La Plata and Mar del Plata, where it also offers services such as “home collection, street sweeping, removal of bulky waste and mounds, beach cleaning and private services.” Neither of them has experience in metered parking or vehicle hauling.
Different in the situation with SAEM, which has the concession for the metered parking system of the city of Neuquén. Tránsito Rosario, in addition, is in charge of managing Rosarios metered hauling and parking system since 2009. “The UTE prioritizes sustainability and care for the environment with vehicles equipped with satellite tracking, nationally manufactured, diesel and CNG. The proposal implies that all vehicles are renewed every five years,” the company says.
In 2014, associated with Parkare (a Spanish capital company that is the worlds leading parking meter company), SAEM participated in the first tender to regulate the metered parking and hauling system and was pre-awarded, but the project fell through. In 2018 it happened the same way.
A common friend between the head of Government and the strong man of SAEM is the questioning made by some sectors that object to the process. And it will be, as it progresses, put up for discussion at the political level.
Who was left out? Plein Air Park, which associated Neuss Capital with Empark, from Spain, which provided the technical capacity, being a company with a track record since it operates the metered parking service in 140 cities in six European countries (Madrid, Valencia and Lisbon, among others). ). Plein Air Park also had an area assigned in the previous document that was deregistered. And Rinkel Trail-Escalum Investment, which provides vehicle assistance with its own fleet of tow trucks and coverage throughout Argentina and neighboring countries. It provides service on the Ricchieri and Ezeiza-Cañuelas highways, as well as different insurance companies.
Source: https://www.lanacion.com.ar/buenos-aires/transito-porteno-dos-empresas-de-recoleccion-de-residuos-manejaran-las-gruas-de-acarreo-de-autos-mal- nid07102023/ |
