Ducsa (owned by Ancap) completed in the last few hours the award of 100% of its supergas (LPG) packaging.
The firm had launched a public tender in January to contract the packaging service for 13-kilo carafes, which was divided into three sections.
There are two sections that were awarded to Megal: one for 45% of the volumes demanded, with a 5-year term, and a second tranche for 25% with a 3-year term.
The third tranche for 30% of the claim was awarded to the Acodike signature, Ancap reported. The new contracts will take effect on March 1.
The president of the entity, Alejandro Stipanicic defined the competitive process as “very successful, very transparent and very competitive”as stated in a press conference on Tuesday.
Ducsa’s packaging employs 22 people who operate truck loading fronts at the Acodike and Riogas plants. These people will be dismissed from the company at the end of the month, but the conditions of the call established that the bidders had to hire the employees proportionallyso that 70% will be hired by Megal and 30% by Acodike
plant leasing
In December last year, Ancap resolved award the lease for its two supergas bottling plants. One remained in the hands of Acodike for five years and the other went to Riogas for eight years.
The lease of the two plants will also take effect from March 1 of this year, one day after the expiration of the current contracts that included packaging, supply and market regulation conditions agreed in 2007.
The sole supplier of the supergas supply chain is Ancap. The state oil company is the one that produces, stores and imports. Until now, the packaging of carafes was carried out by two companies: Gasur and Megal. The Gasur firm is a partnership between Ancap, Acodike and Riogas that bottled in two plants owned by Ancap (which leased them). And the third existing plant is owned by Megal, who also operates it.
The change in the lease contracts of the Ancap plants and the tender for packaging by Ducsa is part of a definition by the Executive Power to introduce changes in the supergas market that stimulate competition.
In addition, the Executive Power entrusted the approval to the Regulatory Unit of Energy and Water Services (Ursea) of a new regulation for the sector that will apply as of next March 1.
