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Montevideo se ilumina: LED Street Lighting with Remote Management

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Montevideo bought 70,000 LED streetlights that can report their own failures. Buying them took two void tenders and an objection from the audit court; what the remote control has changed is unpublished.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byIntendencia de Montevideo (Unidad Técnica de Alumbrado Público); luminaires supplied and installed by Prodie S.A., control nodes by Wellness TechGroup over NNNCo's LoRaWAN network
Scale🏙️ City-wide
FundingPaid through a trust (fideicomiso) of up to US$36 million approved by the Junta Departamental, with the purchase meant to be covered by the electricity savings of the LED lights.

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Montevideo se ilumina is the Intendencia's programme to replace the city's street lighting with LED luminaires tied to a remote-management system. The 2016 tender asked for 70,000 luminaires, a control-and-communications module for each one and a control-centre system. Two tenders were declared void, and in May 2020 the city awarded a direct purchase by exception to Prodie S.A. for US$21,432,053, although it had itself filed a criminal complaint against that firm in July 2019; the Tribunal de Cuentas objected to the award and the city reiterated the payment. Mass replacement began in 2022, and about 50,000 of the 70,000 neighbourhood lights had been changed by April 2023. Trade press reported that Wellness TechGroup was installing a control node on each light, connected over a LoRaWAN network run by NNNCo.

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🎓 Lesson

A light that can report its own failure is worth only as much as the response to the report. The procurement ran from a 2016 tender to a 2020 award and ended with the audit court objecting, yet nothing published says what the remote management has changed, whether faster repairs or lower bills, so the system is still described by its design. The savings the city counted on to pay for the lights were a projection when the project was planned.

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Sources

↗ Intendencia de Montevideo — Licitación Pública Nº 597/2016, pliego particular de condicionesThe tender specification: purchase of 70,000 street luminaires in four types, an intelligent luminaire management system (SGLI) with 70,000 control-and-communications modules, concentrators and a control-centre computer system, ten network analysers, and removal and installation of 20,000 luminaires.
↗ El Observador — El plan de renovar las luminarias de Montevideo termina en la Justicia (4 Jul 2019)Reports that the Intendencia decided to file criminal complaints against two bidders, Prodie S.A. and Habilis, over allegedly falsified or altered test results; that the project, announced in April 2016, had gone through two public tenders that failed, the first declared void because all bidders were technically disqualified and the second declared void in December 2018; and that each luminaire was to be connected to an intelligent system allowing remote management.
↗ El Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020)Reports that on 25 May 2020 the Intendencia awarded the direct purchase by exception of 70,000 LED luminaires to Prodie S.A., that it had filed a criminal complaint against the firm in July 2019, and that the Junta Departamental voted unanimously to summon the intendente to explain the award.
↗ Montevideo Portal — Di Candia compareció ante la Junta Departamental por adquisición de luces para Montevideo (12 Jun 2020)Account of the intendente's appearance before the Junta Departamental, citing the Intendencia's own explanation: the first tender was void because none of nine bidders met the requirements, the second was void after irregularities were found, and the award went to Prodie for 21,432,053 dollars, the cheapest offer across the three calls.
↗ El Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020)Reports that the Intendencia reiterated the payment to Prodie after the Tribunal de Cuentas raised objections to the award procedure, quoting the city's view that it could not exclude the firm without a conviction, and that the purchase is paid through a trust of up to US$36 million approved by the Junta Departamental.
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↗ Montevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023)Reports a new tender for 14,000 LED luminaires on the rambla and 44 avenues for 2023 and 2024, financed from the savings of the LED technology, and states that mass replacement began in 2022 with about 50,000 of a target of 70,000 neighbourhood luminaires changed.
↗ ESMARTCITY — Avances en la iniciativa de alumbrado público inteligente de Montevideo (15 Feb 2022)Trade-press report of a contract between the Australian IoT company NNNCo and Wellness TechGroup to provide LoRaWAN coverage for 70,000 smart luminaires in Montevideo, with Wellness TechGroup installing a light-point controller on each light connected to its WeLight Manager software; it repeats the companies' design figure for CO2 savings.

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2016. 6 of 7 sources carry a publication date, from 4 July 2019 to 12 April 2023.

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  1. El Observador · pressEl Observador — El plan de renovar las luminarias de Montevideo termina en la Justicia (4 Jul 2019)
  2. El Observador · pressEl Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020)
  3. Montevideo Portal · pressMontevideo Portal — Di Candia compareció ante la Junta Departamental por adquisición de luces para Montevideo (12 Jun 2020)
  4. El Observador · pressEl Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020)
  5. ESmartCity · pressESMARTCITY — Avances en la iniciativa de alumbrado público inteligente de Montevideo (15 Feb 2022)
  6. Montevideo Portal · pressMontevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023)

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Claim 1 clm-eab63f203a595e06 quantitative
The 2016 tender asked for 70,000 luminaires, a control-and-communications module for each one and a control-centre system
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What the mapping says
Public tender 597/2016 covers 70,000 luminaires and, as item 5, an intelligent luminaire management system with 70,000 control-and-communications modules and a control-centre computer system.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Intendencia de Montevideo — Licitación Pública Nº 597/2016, pliego particular de condiciones
Claim 2 clm-fb44c8c01cf78bca descriptive
Two tenders were declared void
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What the mapping says
El Observador reports that the project went through two public tenders that failed: the first declared void because all bidders were disqualified, the second declared void in December 2018.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — El plan de renovar las luminarias de Montevideo termina en la Justicia (4 Jul 2019)
Claim 3 clm-84d2a928be5a1af0 quantitative
in May 2020 the city awarded a direct purchase by exception to Prodie S.A.
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What the mapping says
El Observador reports that on 25 May the Intendencia awarded the direct purchase by exception of 70,000 LED luminaires to Prodie S.A.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020)
Claim 4 clm-25ab30e51bfce676 quantitative
for US$21,432,053
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What the mapping says
Montevideo Portal, citing the Intendencia's account, gives the award to Prodie as 21,432,053 dollars, the cheapest offer across the three calls.
Caveat
El Observador gives other amounts for the same contract (about US$25 million at award, almost US$23 million at the October 2020 payment, at then-current values).

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Di Candia compareció ante la Junta Departamental por adquisición de luces para Montevideo (12 Jun 2020)
Claim 5 clm-181637fa950cb522 quantitative
although it had itself filed a criminal complaint against that firm in July 2019
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What the mapping says
El Observador reports that the Intendencia filed a criminal complaint against Prodie S.A. in July 2019 but still decided to award it the purchase.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020)
Claim 6 clm-a110251bdb8f0815 descriptive
the Tribunal de Cuentas objected to the award and the city reiterated the payment
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What the mapping says
El Observador reports that the Intendencia reiterated the payment to Prodie after the Tribunal de Cuentas raised objections to the award procedure.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020)
Claim 8 clm-6e0bb1921471451c quantitative
about 50,000 of the 70,000 neighbourhood lights had been changed by April 2023
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What the mapping says
The April 2023 report says about 50,000 luminaires had been replaced of a total of 70,000 targeted for that year.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023)
Claim 9 clm-f0e8e4bbe666f751 descriptive
Trade press reported that Wellness TechGroup was installing a control node on each light, connected over a LoRaWAN network run by NNNCo
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What the mapping says
ESMARTCITY reports that Wellness TechGroup is installing 70,000 light-point controllers for remote control of the lights, connected to its CMS, over NNNCo's LoRaWAN network.
Caveat
The report is based on the two companies' announcement.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ESMARTCITY — Avances en la iniciativa de alumbrado público inteligente de Montevideo (15 Feb 2022)
Claim 10 clm-2999dbded47e8dea quantitative
The procurement ran from a 2016 tender to a 2020 award
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What the mapping says
The tender is numbered 597/2016; El Observador reports the award to Prodie on 25 May 2020.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Intendencia de Montevideo — Licitación Pública Nº 597/2016, pliego particular de condiciones
  2. El Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020)
Claim 11 clm-626da831fb4ba9b2 descriptive
ended with the audit court objecting
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What the mapping says
El Observador reports the Tribunal de Cuentas raised objections to the award procedure before the city reiterated the payment.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020)
Claim 12 clm-9283883e2428aa30 descriptive
nothing published says what the remote management has changed, whether faster repairs or lower bills
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lesson · verbatim
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What the mapping says
The city's sources describe the system's capabilities and financing from expected savings; none of the sources found reports a measured change in repair times or electricity costs. No single passage states an absence, so there is no locator.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023)
Claim 13 clm-acd06404785b5b4c descriptive
The savings the city counted on to pay for the lights were a projection when the project was planned
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
El Observador says the purchase is paid through a trust approved by the Junta Departamental; Montevideo Portal says the purchase is to be financed from the savings generated by the LED technology.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020)
  2. Montevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023)
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Operator
Intendencia de Montevideo (Unidad Técnica de Alumbrado Público); luminaires supplied and installed by Prodie S.A., control nodes by Wellness TechGroup over NNNCo's LoRaWAN network
Actor types
city-government, private
Funding model
public
Funding description
Paid through a trust (fideicomiso) of up to US$36 million approved by the Junta Departamental, with the purchase meant to be covered by the electricity savings of the LED lights.
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
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7 source dossiers

Intendencia de Montevideo — Licitación Pública Nº 597/2016, pliego particular de condiciones comprasestatales.gub.uy · 2 linked claims

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The tender specification: purchase of 70,000 street luminaires in four types, an intelligent luminaire management system (SGLI) with 70,000 control-and-communications modules, concentrators and a control-centre computer system, ten network analysers, and removal and installation of 20,000 luminaires.

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Claims linked
El Observador — El plan de renovar las luminarias de Montevideo termina en la Justicia (4 Jul 2019) elobservador.com.uy · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · elobservador.com.uy
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2019-07-04
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2026-11-07
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Open the recorded source note

Reports that the Intendencia decided to file criminal complaints against two bidders, Prodie S.A. and Habilis, over allegedly falsified or altered test results; that the project, announced in April 2016, had gone through two public tenders that failed, the first declared void because all bidders were technically disqualified and the second declared void in December 2018; and that each luminaire was to be connected to an intelligent system allowing remote management.

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Claims linked
El Observador — Di Candia deberá explicar en la Junta Departamental compra de luminarias LED (4 Jun 2020) elobservador.com.uy · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · elobservador.com.uy
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web-page · language not classified
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2020-06-04
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2026-11-07
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2026-11-07
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Open the recorded source note

Reports that on 25 May 2020 the Intendencia awarded the direct purchase by exception of 70,000 LED luminaires to Prodie S.A., that it had filed a criminal complaint against the firm in July 2019, and that the Junta Departamental voted unanimously to summon the intendente to explain the award.

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Claims linked
Montevideo Portal — Di Candia compareció ante la Junta Departamental por adquisición de luces para Montevideo (12 Jun 2020) montevideo.com.uy · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · montevideo.com.uy
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2020-06-12
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Account of the intendente's appearance before the Junta Departamental, citing the Intendencia's own explanation: the first tender was void because none of nine bidders met the requirements, the second was void after irregularities were found, and the award went to Prodie for 21,432,053 dollars, the cheapest offer across the three calls.

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Claims linked
El Observador — IMM reiteró pago por luminarias a Prodie y Tribunal de Cuentas analizará fundamentos (19 Oct 2020) elobservador.com.uy · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · elobservador.com.uy
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web-page · language not classified
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2020-10-19
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2026-11-07
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2026-11-07
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Open the recorded source note

Reports that the Intendencia reiterated the payment to Prodie after the Tribunal de Cuentas raised objections to the award procedure, quoting the city's view that it could not exclude the firm without a conviction, and that the purchase is paid through a trust of up to US$36 million approved by the Junta Departamental.

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Claims linked
Montevideo Portal — Cambio de luces: IM colocará 14.000 luminarias LED en la rambla y en 44 avenidas (12 Apr 2023) montevideo.com.uy · 4 linked claims

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Name not classified · montevideo.com.uy
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2023-04-12
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2026-11-07
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Reports a new tender for 14,000 LED luminaires on the rambla and 44 avenues for 2023 and 2024, financed from the savings of the LED technology, and states that mass replacement began in 2022 with about 50,000 of a target of 70,000 neighbourhood luminaires changed.

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Claims linked
ESMARTCITY — Avances en la iniciativa de alumbrado público inteligente de Montevideo (15 Feb 2022) esmartcity.es · 1 linked claim

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2022-02-15
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2026-11-07
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2026-11-07
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Open the recorded source note

Trade-press report of a contract between the Australian IoT company NNNCo and Wellness TechGroup to provide LoRaWAN coverage for 70,000 smart luminaires in Montevideo, with Wellness TechGroup installing a light-point controller on each light connected to its WeLight Manager software; it repeats the companies' design figure for CO2 savings.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Montevideo se ilumina: LED Street Lighting with Remote Management” — Montevideo, Uruguay. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/montevideo-smart-street-lighting/ (last verified 2026-11-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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