The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) presented a report and opinion on the budget execution of public institutions, corresponding to the year 2021. This report detected a total of 96 reports of indications of punishable acts.
The National Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Dinac), administered by Félix Kanazawa since April 20, 2020, was one of the institutions that registered irregularities. As read in the report, the public tender 10/21 “Acquisition of X-ray scanner 180180 for double view loads – Ad referendum” ID 390503 for G. 4,998 million (US$ 719 thousand), which has as a company awarded to OMNI SA has several shortcomings.
The first is that Dinac did not break down the prices of the good to be acquired at the time of the “Cost Estimate” that was published among the documentation of the call. That is, it does not specify in detail the reasons for the cost established by the aforementioned scanner.
Another irregularity is that Dinac published the Bidding Terms and Conditions (PBC) on June 12, 2021. And the opening of offers took place on the 21st of the same month. That is to say, only nine days later, when article 21 of Law 2051/03 on Public Procurement is clear in stating that National Public Tenders (LPN) must have their opening of offers, only 20 days after the presentation of the PBC.
Another striking aspect is that Dinac did not present copies of the documents that show that OMNI SA complied with the required experience that it had as an exclusive requirement in the PBC.
To this is added that the contract did not establish any advance payment. However, Dinac paid the aforementioned company the sum of G. 470 million in that concept.
BACKGROUND
On June 10, the same Comptroller completed a final investigation report on another Dinac tender awarded to OMNI SA It was the call with ID 330224 for G. 49,997 million (US$ 7.2 million at the current exchange rate).
Due to complaints about the non-functioning of the radars, at the end of last year, the Comptroller’s Office initiated an investigation to corroborate the facts. The results were that the radars did not work. The supplier firm OMNI SA has as its legal representative Eduardo de Gásperi Camacho, former head of Customs and former counselor of the Social Security Institute (IPS). The case is currently being investigated by the Public Ministry.
In December 2017, Dinac awarded the company OMNI SA the purchase of a radar to be installed at the Concepción airport. The contract was signed during the Luis Aguirre administration and a delivery period of 180 days was established (it expired in March 2018).
During the administration of Édgar “Beto” Melgarejo (he took office in August 2018), payments began and the delivery period was extended until April 2019 by mutual agreement between Dinac and OMNI SA The total of almost G. 50 billion ( little more than US$ 7 million) was completed in May 2020.
