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“We will definitely appeal this decision, because it is not only a matter of finances, but also of justice: it is not possible to worsen the conditions for the residents of Klaipeda by covering up the formal violations of legal acts,” says Gintaras Neniškis, Director of Administration of the Municipality from the City of Klaipėda.
The CPMA has decided that the Klaipėda City Municipal Administration (KMSA) and the UAB project partner Klaipėdos autobusų parkas (KAP) must return 415 thousand LTL. EU support for irregularities in recruitment procedures. The procurement procedures were carried out by the project partner UAB Klaipėdos autobusų parkas. KMSA and KAP disagree with that assessment and will appeal the CPMA’s decision to the Lithuanian Commission on Administrative Disputes.
The CPMA decision sent to the Klaipėda City Municipality Administration identifies two violations of the bus acquisition, which are considered substantial and violate the principles of transparency and equality. The company that carried out the procurement procedures and the Municipal Administration totally disagree with this.
“Following a call for tenders at the request of the suppliers themselves and in accordance with the principles of transparency and openness, we corrected a technical error that was not observed during the tender specifications, a clause in the technical specification that states that a new vehicle kilometers This is regulated by the legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania, and the Law of Value Added Tax of the Republic of Lithuania and June 26 Order of the Director General of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania “On the approval of customs valuation standards for imported used vehicles. “
Furthermore, when delivering buses to Lithuania from producing countries, a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers must be covered. And we add two words to the next point that the engine can be started not only with the start / stop switch but also with the ignition key. In operational terms, it is an equivalent, and at the same time insignificant, solution that does not create any value, so it is not even worth discussing. I would like to remind you that the project aims to reduce environmental pollution caused by public transport, so the purchase of ecological buses that run on compressed natural gas. But at the same time that I ask the question, does the button or the button reduce the environmental pollution? ”Rhetorically asks Vaidas Ramanauskas, General Director of UAB Klaipėdos autobusų parkas.
And we add two words to the next point that the engine can be started not only with the start / stop switch but also with the ignition key.
According to the manager, neither of the two adjusted points raised new additional requirements, so the bus manufacturers or suppliers did not question the latter. However, according to the verifiers, the adjustments to the technical specifications mentioned above required the extension or termination of the acquisition and its new publication.
Among other things, V. Ramanauskas recalls that the CPMA inspected the purchase in accordance with all the mandatory procedures at different stages, including inspections after signing the vehicle acceptance and transfer deed, and did not detect any violations and approved payment requests. , and then transferred the money.
“Recently, not only a wave of viruses, but also a wave of CPMA inspections has passed through Lithuania: purchases are being inspected, their completion has been hampered and refunds have been demanded,” says the KAP chief.
The price of 18 city buses purchased for the city of Klaipeda last year amounted to 4,884 million. euros The administration of the municipality of the city of Klaipeda has no doubts that the fine of almost 10 percent of the project amount is disproportionate and the treatment of the infractions exceeds the criteria of reasonableness.
“It just came to our attention then. But when inspectors talk about rapes, I ask a simple question: Who was harmed? And I can’t find the answer. As far as we know, no complaint has been received from any of the providers involved in this acquisition, and no comments from the Public Procurement Office either. New green buses emit 100 tons less pollutants into Klaipeda air every year, Klaipeda residents and city guests breathe cleaner air and use the comfortable public transport. But experts from the inspection authority can see the alleged violation of procurement procedures on equal terms and deduct 10 percent of the total value of the project. In short, Klaipeda takes away two ecological buses, one air cleaner and travel comfort. As a result, we are forced to go to court, “says Gintaras Neniškis, Direct r of the Municipal Administration of the City of Klaipėda.
But when inspectors talk about rapes, I ask a simple question: who was harmed? And I can’t find the answer.
According to the procedure in force in Lithuania, the CPMA’s decision on the violation can be appealed to the Central Administrative Commission for Disputes or to a court within one month, in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. .
The new MAN buses were purchased within the framework of the project “Renewal of public transport in the city of Klaipėda”, which was financed with structural funds from the EU and the municipal administration of the city of Klaipėda. Since September last year, 8 standard buses and 10 extended low-floor buses have been operating in Klaipėda that comply with the EURO 6 ecological standard and run on compressed natural gas.
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