A project presented to the Chamber of Deputies demands that the Executive branch urgently and in detail provide all information and supporting documentation for a hiring approved by Disposition DI-2026-21-APN-SSCYAE#MRE, linked to the Simple Award by Specialty No. 26-0033-CDI25 for English language training for Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel. According to the Argentine News Agency, the initiative requests, among other points, the full file number, the invoked regulations, and the technical and legal justifications that framed the procedure under article 25, subsection d), section 2 of Decree 1023/01, as well as key dates (call for bids, opening, award) and the issuance of the purchase order. It also asks to know if the Ministry conducted comparative studies or surveys to support the claim of 'specialty' and the 'non-existence of other qualified providers,' as well as the complete identification of the awardee, current authorities, and contractual history with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the last ten years. In the grounds, Deputy Roxana Monzón states that the awarded contract was for $114,044,133 to the Argentine Association of English Culture (CUIT 30-52550539-8) for nine months, with an option for an equivalent extension. The text adds that, according to the administrative act, the decision was justified on the grounds that the entity would be the 'only provider' capable of guaranteeing the continuity of a training plan initiated in 2018 and developed over eight years. In this context, the project mentions the public controversy: it states that 'different media outlets' reported that the AACI is chaired by María Josefina Rouillet, wife of Minister Federico Sturzenegger, and asserts that the administrative proceedings recognize the existence of a 'positive link' between one of the association's directors and the minister. The resolution emphasizes that it was an exceptional procedure that 'restricts competition and participation' and demands to know the specific technical criteria that supported the alleged lack of alternative bidders, as it is—according to the project—an educational service with a wide market offer. Finally, the text focuses on the fiscal context ('there is no money') and contrasts the committed expenditure—charged to 2026—with the budgetary deterioration of sensitive areas, closing with a request for transparency and public access to the criteria, amounts, and justifications of the contract.
