The Government is reactivating road construction with private investment, without subsidies, and under a new transparency framework
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The national government took a key step in its infrastructure modernization plan by moving forward with the first tenders of the Federal Concessions Network (RFC), the program that seeks to replace the old public works model with a transparent, competitive, and privately financed system.
Con inversión privada, Milei relanza la obra pública y moderniza la red vial
First bids come in below the price cap
On Tuesday, the economic bids for Stage I of the RFC were opened, covering 741 kilometers (460 miles) of strategic routes in the Mercosur corridor, crossing Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe and Corrientes.
"Today, the economic bids for Stage I of the Federal Concessions Network were opened, covering 741 km (460 miles) of strategic routes in the Mercosur corridor," posted the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, on his X account. He also stated that this is the first step toward a modern road network of more than 9,000 km (5,592 miles) under concession, which will improve logistics and reduce costs for the productive sector.
The official emphasized that "thanks to competition among bidding companies, all proposals were below the cap set in the tender documents," which is a guarantee of efficiency and transparency and proof that without subsidies and with private investment, better roads can be achieved.
According to the Ministry of Economy, the process received seven national and international bids, managed by the Secretariat of Transportation. The Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE) supported the tender with a financing line of up to 56 billion pesos, equivalent to 70% of the contract amount, with repayment terms of six years and a one-year grace period.
The bidders include Autovía Construcciones y Servicios S.A., Benito Roggio e Hijos S.A., Panedile Argentina S.A.I.C.F. e I., Obring S.A. and Coyserv S.A.
Se está llevando a cabo la Etapa I de la Red Federal de Concesiones
Stage II: Government prepares another call for bids
After the progress of the first stage, the government is preparing to publish in the coming days the national and international call for bids for Stage II of the RFC. According to government sources, the tender will be published in the Official Gazette. "It should be in the next few days," they confirmed.
This new phase involves the delegation of management and maintenance of 4,400 kilometers (2,736 miles) of national routes, crossing Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, San Luis and La Pampa, divided into eight sections.
The general preliminary documents are already public, and in recent days the Secretariat of Transportation completed legal reviews together with the Presidency's Secretariat of Legal and Technical Affairs, headed by María Ibarzábal.
In this initial stage, two of the eight planned sections are expected to be tendered:
South–Atlantic–South Access Section, 1,325 km (823 miles), which includes national routes 3, 205, and 206, and the Riccheri, Newbery, and Ezeiza–Cañuelas highways.
Pampa Section, 547 km (340 miles), corresponding to National Route 5 between Luján and Santa Rosa.
With this scheme, the Milei administration aims to replace the deficit-ridden and corrupt model that existed in our country with a transparent, competitive, and subsidy-free one, where private investment takes the lead in the country's road modernization.
Estado deplorable de las rutas nacionales con el modelo anterior corrupto e ineficiente
The announcement came just days after President Javier Milei's meeting with 20 governors at Casa Rosada. With these tenders, the government is responding to the infrastructure demands of the provinces without returning to the inefficient traditional public works model, consolidating a model in which private investment drives growth, transparency, and national integration.
