📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) makes the call for the tender with ID No. 459,560 - called MOPC 12/2025, for the execution of expansion and deepening works of the Water taking of the Pilcomayo River, as well as the cleaning and interconnection of ravines to conduct the waters that enter the national territory. The call, which has an estimated amount of G. 100,000 million, constitutes one of the main interventions planned to improve the hydraulic capacity of the Pilcomayo Paraguayan channel and protect vulnerable communities from the departments of Boqueron and President Hayes, in the Chaco. The reception of offers will be made until Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 09:00, at the single entrance table of the MOPC central building (Oliva Esquina Alberdi, ground floor). Subsequently, the opening of envelopes will take place that same day, at 09:30, in the auditorium of the third floor of the institution. Scope of the works The works are divided into three lots, which cover a front of more than approximately 450 km, in a straight line from milestone 1 (emerald) to the Patino estuary. The interventions will consist of maintenance and conditioning channels, channels and ravines, plant cleaning, sediment removal and eventual deepening and expansion of them. In addition, repairs and constructions of roads will be carried out for the access of machinery and personnel to the works area, as well as protective walls for vulnerable populations. The execution of other hydraulic and road works that allow a better use of waters is not ruled out. The validity of this contract will be from the signing of the contract until December 31, 2026. Lot 1, from milestone to Mistolar (185 km), includes maintenance of the main channel and paleocauces, plant cleaning and sediment removal from the mockery to mystolar. It also foresees the construction of protection walls, sewers and an reinforced concrete bridge, as well as improvements in neighborhood roads to guarantee access to riverside communities. Lot 2, from Mistolar to Fortin Caballero (375 km), includes the extension, deepening and interconnection of canals and ravines to ensure the runoff of the waters, as well as the construction of bridges and sewers and the improvement of roads in the area of influence of the river. Lot 3 of the Contingency Plan, which covers from milestone 1 to Fortin Caballero, includes the maintenance and improvement of strategic roads such as the general section Diaz - Virgen de Fatima (42 km), General Diaz - Stte. Esteban Martinez (130 km) and General Diaz - Laguna Escalante - Media Luna (80 km). The construction of up to 15 wells (deep and shallow), maintenance of embankments, cleaning of channels in the time of floods and the building of bridges and sewers in critical areas is also contemplated. Benefits for communities and territory The interventions aim to optimize the driving of the pilcomayo waters to Paraguayan territory, avoiding sedimentation losses and ensuring storage in reservoirs and lagoons. They also seek to protect the Chaco communities of the floods, improve the transitability of neighborhood roads and guarantee access to drinking water through wells. Date: September 11, 2025
