📋 Tender Overview
The Minister of Public Works and Communications, Eng. Claudia Centurion, indicated that the Executive supports the version of the public transportation modernization project approved by the Chamber of Deputies, after presenting this Monday before the Senate Finance and Budget Commission. He explained that the modifications introduced do not affect the essential guidelines of the initiative, which is why he considers that the legislative process is ready to move towards its definition in the session scheduled for tomorrow. With this modernization of transportation, what we aim for is a more modern, safer, quality and dignified transportation system for the citizens of Asuncion and Greater Asuncion, which can then be replicated throughout the country, to new metropolitan areas, but it is a transformation that is broad and involves all sectors, said the head of the MOPC. The bill proposes a framework that promotes the modernization of public transportation through the incorporation of new buses, innovative technologies and sustainable management models for future concessionaires, organized in strategic corridors where one company will be in charge of the operation and another the provision of the fleet. This scheme seeks to organize the system and give greater solidity to investments, facilitating access to private financing for the renovation and improvement of the units, always with users at the center of the priorities. With the eventual approval of the Deputies version in the Senate, the project will be in the hands of the Executive for promulgation and will begin the transition planned for next year. During this period, current services will continue to operate while new tenders are developed, itineraries are reorganized and the gradual renewal of the fleet for the metropolitan area advances, in order to ensure an orderly and continuous implementation of the new model. Date: December 9, 2025
