Overview
- The Office of National Procurement published Disposición 52/2026 on Wednesday formalizing a single, mandatory registration route in the ‘Privatizaciones’ module of CONTRATAR.AR for anyone who wants to bid in state-asset auctions.
- Under the rule, participation in SUBAST.AR also requires registration as a bidder in COMPR.AR unless a supplier is already validated in SIPRO or previously registered in the privatizations module.
- Disposición 52/2026 requires the same designated 'Administrador Legitimado' user across CONTRATAR.AR, SUBAST.AR and COMPR.AR and allows concessionaires registered under Law 17.520 to take part in the processes.
- The government has set near-term tender milestones: AySA technical envelopes will open in late August with economic offers due in September, and it has launched calls for thermoelectric plants plus the Los Nihuiles concession and the sale of Hidroelectricidad Mendocina, with projected proceeds of about USD 2 billion.
- Officials say the change will improve traceability and standardize procedures, but bidders will now face new digital steps to qualify and the moves are likely to draw scrutiny from regulators, concessionaires and affected communities as sales accelerate.