The Comptroller’s Office noticed a series of alleged irregularities in the water and sewer work of San José as the conformity of valuations with amortization of advance of materials for amounts lower than that which corresponded to be carried out, which could cause possible economic damage to the district commune of Veintisirse de Octubre of S/ 982,779.96. 2.
According to report No. 033-2024-OCI/6042-SCC, the contract was granted on April 22, 2024 to the Lima Consortium for S/12,816,372.69, under the unit price contracting system and with an execution period of 180 calendar days. Supervision is carried out by the company Pabur Contratista Generales EIRL.
According to the control commission, approval has been given for valuations with advance amortization of materials for amounts lower than what was required to be carried out, which could cause possible economic damage to the entity for S/ 982,779.96.
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“It can be verified that the contractor used 30 materials in the month of July 2024 valued at S/ 169,674.31, which were included in the request for the granting of advance materials. However, only S/ 77,447.09 was amortized, with a difference of S/ 92,227.22 that was not amortized in said valuation to the detriment of the entity,” the control report reads.
The auditors add that materials were used in the months of June, July, August, September and October 2024 valued at S/ 1,618,363.90 (with VAT). However, the contractor only amortized until the month of October S/ 635,583.95 (with VAT) of the amount granted as an advance for materials, demanding a difference of S/ 982,779.96, which was not amortized to the district municipality of Veintiséis de Octubre.
This has been verified according to the inspection report of the work carried out on December 3 of this year, in which the resident and supervisor of the work confirm it.
“Regarding the calculation of material amortization, the construction supervisor stated that the calculation has not been carried out according to the materials they have executed, a fact that was not corroborated by the construction resident. In addition to this, the construction manager indicated that there has actually been no control over said amortization calculation,” indicates OCI.
The control commission also warned that the commune approved the valuation of work No. 3 considering an accelerated schedule of work that is not current, which was presented after the deadline, leading to the non-application of other penalties and the risk of generating the cause for the entity operates the economic intervention of the work or a possible termination of the contract. “It has been verified that the valuation of work No. 3 for the month of August has been processed, and an accelerated work progress schedule that had not yet been approved was considered,” underlines OCI.
