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Anonymous KAM announced the acquisitions of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Depository Service by email in December last year.
He was thanked for the information and made sure that the data collected had been sent to the Head of the Logistics Board, to which the Warehouse Service belongs.
After about a month and a half, the rapporteur asked about the progress of the study, which should have been completed by then, but waited in vain.
The rapporteur has so far received no information on whether and how the investigation was initiated.
Indicates that the inventory was used as its own.
In the information provided, you saw 15min, it is said that after Remigijus Mikai took over as head of the Depot Service, sports equipment was purchased in the direction of crossfit sports: rowing, elliptical trainers, TRX belts, trainers for sports bikes, although the Depot Service It does not have bicycles, other equipment.
Anonymous noted that the Depot Service does not have a gym or facilities for training soldiers.
According to the complaint, there was an alleged attempt to make the simulators available to few people, little was known about them so that they could be canceled in due course.
He provided information that part of the inventory is not freely available to other employees, as it is held in the auxiliary facilities on behalf of Kaunas, where one person is said to be engaged in sports: Captain Deividas Neniškis.
“The trainers were purchased by deliberately breaking them down into components so that the assets did not meet the fixed asset criteria; the amount would not exceed 500 euros.” This simplifies the procedure to cancel it ”, explained the speaker.
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According to him, the property was canceled without any real basis: some TRX belts were not even unpacked. They said those belts were canceled one year after purchase, although the manufacturer provided a two-year warranty.
Part of the sports equipment, according to the speaker, is used outside the territory of the Depository Service. He claimed that Garmin Fenix sports watch heart rate monitors had been purchased, allegedly worn daily by the Depository Service administration and the aforementioned D. Neniškis.
“Sports equipment is canceled with the aim of becoming a private company,” said the rapporteur.
Sports equipment is canceled for the purpose of becoming private property.
Anonymous asked to assess whether the procedure for acquiring property in the national defense system had not been violated, whether these soldiers had not acted under selfish incentives, or whether there were reasonable reasons to purchase this sports equipment.
The rapporteur asked to verify if the canceled inventory did not correspond to the Amber Crossfit sports club or the METT healthy lifestyle club.
According to the Records Center, R. Mika, already mentioned, is one of the shareholders of the company that manages Amber Crossfit. And D.Neniškis is the president of the METT healthy lifestyle club.
I didn’t find anything illegal
Representative of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Gintautas Ciunis 15min confirmed that said report had been received in December last year.
It was forwarded to the Chief of the Logistics Board, and the Board, after a preliminary evaluation of the circumstances, informed the General Inspection that it had not found any fact of accounting or improper use of sporting goods purchased by the Warehouse Service in 2017-2019.
Erik Ovcharenko / 15min photo / Commemoration of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Day
He also stated that the Logistics Board, on its own initiative, carried out an official inspection regarding the participation of D. Neniškis in the activities of the METT Healthy Lifestyle Club, but found no violation of the discipline.
According to G.Ciunis, rowing trainers, ellipticals, TRX belts, sports bike trainers are used to improve the physical condition of soldiers according to approved schedules. According to him, the equipment is used in gyms in the military territory of Vilnius and Kaunas, where soldiers use sports bicycle equipment and trainers with personal bicycles during physical training.
“The physical training sessions and personal preparation are carried out in places adapted for sports activities. The use of that equipment is available to all soldiers and employees who work in those areas, ”he said.
According to the army representative, watch pulse meters were purchased to monitor the physical condition of the soldiers during the exercise: “Management does not use them, the watches are given to soldiers who do not meet physical training standards and to those They prepare for and participate in sports competitions to track heart rate and adjust training plans. This is to avoid possible injury or overtraining. “
All inventory and sports equipment is used for its intended purpose in military areas in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Nor is it true, according to him, that the TRX belts were not unpacked before they were canceled; They were used during daily physical training sessions as well as during physical training.
“Group training was organized, during which the soldiers performed various exercises with belts,” he emphasized.
G.Ciunis also denied that part of the inventory could be kept out of service: “All inventory and sports equipment is used for its purpose in military territories in Vilnius and Kaunas, in facilities adapted for sports and to meet security requirements.”
It is unclear how much and what sports equipment was purchased.
15min He received a document in which heavy balls, a multifunctional belt trainer, elastic resistance bands, Nordic canes and a soft platform were canceled last February.
The person who sent it 15min He claimed that there had been more than one such amortization.
According to G.Ciunis, the sports equipment mentioned in the law was purchased in 2017 in accordance with the needs indicated by the soldiers and employees and to improve the physical condition of the soldiers. In 2019, it was discarded as physically worn.
However 15min Contracts for the purchase of this training equipment could not be found on the central procurement portal.
Why are there no contracts?
A military spokesperson indicated that the purchase was made as a low-value and unpublished survey. In this case, there is no need to publish contracts.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Public Procurement Office
15min noting that the Office of Public Procurement (PSA) very specifically explains when low-value, unpublished acquisitions do not need to be made public and that Depository Service acquisitions do not appear to meet these criteria, D.Ciunis 15min He said he would consult with the Logistics Board.
After a time, an army spokesperson clarified that the contracts were made orally, so disclosure was not mandatory.
This means that it is no longer possible to verify how much total sports equipment the Deposit Service has purchased and how much has been canceled.
“Official inspection by a non-attached officer”
The General Inspectorate received an anonymous letter on December 4 of last year.
Five days later, on December 9, a news item was announced on the army website: R. Mika, who had been the head of the Warehouse Service for two years, assumed the post of Chief of Staff of the Logistics Board , the same Logistics Board to which an anonymous complaint was sent. Mika did not commit the abuses alleged in the anonymous complaint.
The official inspection was conducted by an officer who is not related to R. Mika in the chain of command.
This means that at the time the situation regarding sports equipment was clarified, R. Mika was one of the heads of the Logistics Board that clarified the situation.
15min the army asked if it should be understood that Mika’s investigation into possible rapes was carried out by people subordinate to him?
Erika Rimkevičienė, Public Relations Specialist, Management of the Logistics Council of the Lithuanian Armed Forces 15min stated that the official inspection was carried out by an officer who was not related to R. Mika in the chain of command. According to her, such things would not be possible with the current procedure.
He emphasized that the Commander of the Warehouse Service reports directly to the Chief of the Logistics Board and that the Chief of Staff of the Logistics Board, who is also directly subordinate to the Head of the Logistics Board, only directs the headquarters of the Logistics Board.
“In his case, the orders were given by the Commander of the Logistics Board, not by the Chief of the General Staff,” emphasized E. Rimkevičienė.
However 15min Other questions revealed that no official inspection was conducted against R. Mika.
There was also no serious investigation into the anonymous information.
The official inspection mentioned by E.Rimkevičienė was not carried out because of R.Mika, but because of D.Neniškis’s participation in the activities of the METT club: it ended without any violation.
The information was not confirmed, so there was no investigation.
At that time, according to data provided by E. Rimkevičienė, all information on purchases of sports equipment in the Depository Service in 2017-2019 was collected based on data provided by E. Rimkevičienė in order to assess what Purchases were made, what sports equipment was canceled, what sports equipment is still used and how it is used.
“According to the data collected and provided to the head of the Logistics Board, the information provided in the anonymous complaint was not confirmed, therefore, the official inspection was not carried out,” he said in the response.
According to the management of the Logistics Board, from 2017 to 2019. purchased sports equipment, only part of 2017. the purchased equipment is canceled and sent for disposal, all other equipment is used in the units of the Logistics Board.
According to her, the canceled sports equipment was transferred to the container tanks of the company “Toksika” and, along with other classified waste, was transferred to the disposal company for disposal.
R.Mika: In the army, the immediate superior is always clear.
Former Head of the Warehouse Service, now Chief of Staff of the Logistics Board R. Mika 15min In his responses, he stated that in 2018, during his leadership of the Depot Service, rowing, elliptical, and cycling simulators were purchased, which are still used at soldier and employee facilities in Vilnius and Kaunas.
“Any employee who wants to play sports enters the facility. The first time I heard about someone who was not allowed to use exercise machines or other equipment when an anonymous complaint was received. Such problems are always resolved through managers at line and above, but there have been no complaints during my leadership, ”he wrote.
When asked why some equipment contracts were verbal, Mika said that all purchases in the military are made in accordance with the legislation of the Minister and the Commander-in-Chief, all purchases are formed documents, and procedures are carried out in accordance with established, approved, registered procedures, etc., as provided in the procedures of the Ministry of National Defense.
When asked to assess the fact that the Logistics Council, of which he is one, was asked to clarify the situation and if it had not been better if another unrelated unit had done so, Mika said that in the military, they always it gives to evaluate and clarify the immediate superiors according to an established hierarchical system.
“In this case, the direct superior was the head of the Logistics Board, which organized the evaluation of the information provided in the complaint, the official inspection,” he said.
When asked if the anonymously provided information was incorrect, what he could have done in reporting it, R. Mika said there could be several reasons.
“Therefore, I would refrain from commenting further. The evaluation of the information and the official inspection revealed the facts that no violations had been committed,” he said.
We will remind you that, according to the representative of the management of the Logistics Council E. Rimkevičienė, only the circumstances assessment was carried out and there was no official inspection.
D.Neniškis 15min He stated that he would not make any personal comment on anything, because in this order, he suggested contacting the commander.
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