TCU Weighs Tecon 10 Auction Rules With Court Split Over Competition Model

Overview

• The TCU meets today to choose the auction model for Tecon 10, a roughly R$5 billion Santos project expected to lift container capacity by up to 50%.
• Relator Antonio Anastasia proposes a single open stage with mandatory post-award divestment for any incumbent that wins.
• Revisor Bruno Dantas supports Antaq’s two-stage format that bars current Santos operators from the first phase, with Minister Walton Alencar indicating he will follow.
• The Swiss, Danish and Dutch embassies urged an open contest, warning that restrictive rules could harm Brazil’s image with foreign investors and affect EU–Mercosur discussions.
• An industry coalition led by the Institute Brasil Logística publicly backed Antaq’s bifasic model and affirmed the agency’s authority to run the process.