Buenos Aires, April 11 (NA) - Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. published a new tender in the Official Gazette for cleaning services at the Atucha and Embalse nuclear power plants, a context marked by a history of complaints and recent changes in the company's management. The call, corresponding to file No. 66814, establishes the contracting of the service for both nuclear facilities and sets the deadline for bid opening for next April 15, with mandatory submission through the digital supplier portal. The official notice does not detail the content of the tender documents or the specific technical conditions of the process. The call comes after the departure of Damián Reidel, who left his position amid questions related to contracts within the company, particularly in the general services area, according to various media reports. In this context, recent data point to internal observations and audits on contracts related to cleaning tasks at nuclear facilities, where significant differences in costs compared to reference values, as well as tensions in the administrative approval processes, would have been detected. According to sources in the sector consulted by the Argentine News Agency, the new process would incorporate modifications in the tender requirements compared to previous calls. These variations, they pointed out, have raised doubts in the market about the scope of effective competition. In this context, various sector actors indicated that the changes could eventually favor the firm Distribón, linked to businessman Alejandro Davison, although they emphasized that these are preliminary assessments pending a detailed analysis of the complete documentation. The same sources stated that the process is being carried out under an operational structure that maintains continuity in sensitive management areas, although with changes in decision-making levels after the board's reconfiguration. In parallel, within the company, there is a climate of attention to purchasing and contracting procedures, especially in areas that had already been subject to questioning, which places this new process under observation. In this scenario, the development of the tender and its eventual award will be closely followed by both internal actors and sectors linked to the energy system, given recent precedents and the operational impact that these types of services have on critical facilities.
