Treasury awards VMware platform and Oracle servers to Datastar

The Treasury Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy awarded two international public tenders to Datastar Argentina S.A. aimed at strengthening federal fiscal management, with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The decisions were published on August 27, 2026, in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic, third section, via notices No. 60756/26 and No. 60742/26.

Both contracts are part of the Federal Fiscal Management Strengthening Program, financed by IDB Loan 5966/OC-AR. Together, the two awards total approximately USD 8.6 million and seek to modernize the agency’s technological infrastructure for the handling and processing of fiscal data.

Award of the VMware Platform

International Public Tender LPI 1/2026 (AR-L1405-P00016), file EX-2025-128990957-APN-DGDA#MEC, aimed to acquire VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions, professional services to design and implement the virtualization platform, and the corresponding training.

• Datastar Argentina S.A. bid USD 4,641,744.88.
• Systemscorp S.A. bid USD 5,058,009.52.

The agency awarded the contract to Datastar Argentina S.A. for USD 4,641,744.88, considering that its offer technically complies with the requirements of the bidding documents and is the most convenient for the agency’s interests.

Oracle Exadata Servers

International Public Tender LPI 2/2026 (AR-L1405-P00017), file EX-2025-128267123-APN-DGDA#MEC, aimed to acquire 2 (two) Oracle Exadata Quarter Rack High Capacity servers for databases, consisting of processing, storage, integration, and interconnection modules.

• Datastar Argentina S.A. was the sole bidder, with a proposal of USD 3,987,998.04.
• The offer was awarded for that same amount, as it technically met the requirements and was convenient for the agency’s interests.

Impact on Fiscal Management

The modernization of the virtualization platform and database servers aims to provide greater capacity, security, and continuity to the processing of federal fiscal information. The selection of Datastar Argentina S.A. as the provider for both tenders concentrates the provision of the program’s critical IT infrastructure in a single company.

For readers, this award reflects the progress of a technological investment program financed by multilateral credit, oriented toward sustaining tax collection and administration in a context of increasing State digitalization.

Source: Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic, August 27, 2026, third section, page 1 (official references: notices No. 60756/26 and No. 60742/26).