The MSA company will again be the one that provides the Single Electronic Ticket service for the April 16 elections in Neuquén. The government today opened the envelopes of the tender that it had launched in mid-December, with a single bidder that quoted a 37% above the official budget.
as far as he could tell BLACK RIVERthe company proposal was made to 584,837 votersthe number that had been given in the terms and conditions, despite the fact that Governor Omar Gutiérrez said days ago that the estimate was 530,000.
The cost per voter was calculated at 5 dollars at official present value, that is, 180.89 pesos. The amount for the service was estimated at 528.9 million pesos to which was added that of the technicians to provide the assistance service in schools, for 51.9 million.
According to the MSA offer, it is estimated that some 450 technicians will be needed to cover the 360 voting centers in person, for technical assistance mobile services and for back up.
The economic proposal, which the company will maintain for a term of 30 days for the province to analyze it and, eventually, grant the award, it is 580.9 million pesos in total. In addition, it provides for a payment in three installments: 30% would be paid in March (with the dollar at 213.05 pesos), 50% in April (dollar at 224 pesos) and 20% in May (dollar at 238.1 pesos).
The government indicated that, in parallel to this process, the definition of the volunteers who will assist voters on how to vote before entering the dark room. In 2019, this task was carried out by the National University of Comahue, so they are evaluating whether to repeat the experience or opt to also outsource it through the same MSA.
There will be training to know how to vote
Once the service is awarded, the province will make the machines available to train voters, with “special emphasis” on the ten third-category municipalities, the 21 promotion commissions and rural areas that have never used the Single Electronic Ticket. In 2019, the first year of implementation of the new electoral law, these localities maintained the traditional paper ballots.
Elections will be on April 16 throughout the territory to elect governor, vice, 35 provincial deputies and school counselors. In parallel, that same day there will be 52 of 57 municipalities that will vote for local authorities.
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