In 2023, the local government, through the Secretariat of Partnerships and Concessions (currently the Secretariat for the Reconstruction Gaúcha), launched a call for companies to present studies for the implementation of the Rio Grande do Sul State Lottery (Lotesul).
The objective was to receive feasibility studies, surveys, investigations, data, technical information, projects or opinions for the implementation and operation of lottery services in the state, covering possible models of delegation to the private sector.
At the time, twelve companies expressed interest in conducting the studies, but during the process some of them withdrew or did not meet the requirements of the Notice. Six companies were authorized to continue with the process and in early January all of them submitted their studies.
Now, the state government has just published the scores of each of them, as follows:
* AM & FPA Comércio de Equipamentos e Programas de Computador Ltda.: GRADE = 43;
* NGT Brasil Tecnologia e Atividades Lotéricas Ltda. and Ricardo De Paula Feijó: GRADE = 56;
* Hebara Distribuidora de Produtos Lotéricos S/A: GRADE = 41;
* Estrela Instantânea Loteria SPE S/A: GRADE = 49;
* Competência Distribuidora e Operadora de Títulos Ltda.: GRADE = 30; and
* Consórcio Shimata & Kikuchi GBSA: SCORE = 61.
Given the results, the state government selected the Consórcio Shimata & Kikuchi GBSA study to structure the project for the implementation and operation of lottery services in Rio Grande do Sul.
The project aims to implement and operate lottery services in the state, covering possible models of delegation to the private sector.
The projected results include:
* new free resources in the State Treasury to finance social security and other relevant social areas;
* regulation and combating illegal betting;
* resources from possible onerous grants;
* generation of new jobs;
* dynamization of the economy; and
* contribution to the emergence of new businesses related to the provision of lottery services.
The project is now entering the refinement phase for public consultation, to be launched in early 2025. The value of the study presented by the Consórcio Shimata & Kikuchi GBSA is R$531,394 (US$ 88,550).
Source: GMB
