translated from Spanish: Free text book printing has 4 months of delay

Four months that start the next school year of basic education, still is not the provider that will print the 19 titles that will be distributed among millions of students in the school year 2019-2020.
According to the Reforma newspaper, printing of books carries a four-month delay, as this should start in December. 10 books must occur for elementary school students and 9 of preschool and primary.
But the Government headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador amended the procedure to choose providers.
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This year the National Commission on free textbooks (Conaliteg) will not choose the company, it will instead be the greater Oficialia of finance via the subsequent offer of discount (OSD) system.
However, only in March the competition was launched to choose the supplier, when it is was always in September.
Government rejects proposals
So far the Government has rejected 10 proposals from companies to produce texts and the tender has been declared deserted, their argument: that the prices are higher than the established budget
Failure of the tender, it says reform, explains that “sure to state the best available conditions in terms of price, quality, finance and opportunity”.
According to printers, consulted by the daily El Financiero, who have worked previously in the elaboration of the books the main problem is the price the Government set.
“A tender made to compete with books, but last week it declared void, since they are not the prices that the Government intends to, today there has been no communication with them…” Last week said it canceled 10 times changed the ruling, no longer deferred, is already cancelled”, a representative of one of the printers in Puebla told El Financiero.
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Also noted that before the Conaliteg gave them the supplies to perform the work (paper, boxes, pallets), but now – in addition to make it print – companies should provide them.
“Now in this tender that has been, we as printers we are putting all inputs other than printing, that increases costs because the paper represents a 70 or 80% of the total value of the book,” told the newspaper other representative of a printer in the State of Mexico.
AMLO compadre in the tender
Miguel Rincon Arredondo entrepreneur, founder of group Bio Pappel, Adviser and friend of President López Obrador is one of those who they compete for the tender to produce textbooks.
According to reform, the corner company won, between 2010 and 2018, 463 contracts Conaliteg; 14 of them – which totaled thousand 980 million pesos, were direct awards.
This Thursday, to be questioned about whether the participation of his friend did not represent a conflict of interest, the President said that, because if it is not legally prevented to participate, it cannot.
“I do not protect anyone or accept influyentismo of anyone, friends or my family. I said it the day I took possession. I only can understand of Jesús Ernesto because he is a minor, but not I am responsible of the attitude or performance of my children or my spouse of anyone in my family absolutely; and of course friends, Compadres or anyone. Not protecting anyone”, he said.
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