Companies with links to the ruling party – in the public procurements of the municipalities of Adjara
Adjara. Transparency International Georgia publishes the blogpost: Monopolistic position of Adjarganateba and Ganateba – companies with links to the ruling party – in the public procurements of the municipalities of Adjara.
“TI Georgia revealed the municipal procurements tailored to Adjarganateba and the risks of corruption in 2019. In this study, we noted that in the years 2011-2019, the company had received GEL 26,523,383, including 82% of the amount (GEL 21,744,016) received from non-competitive and simplified procurements.
Since the publication of the study, the company has obtained 17 more electronic procurement contracts, including 14 contracts obtained without competition and 1 – by means of disqualification of a competitor by the contracting authority. As a result, the company has received GEL 6,614,077 (more than 90% of this amount – GEL 6,002,006 – without competition and by means of disqualification of competitors)”.
The organization calls on the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service to launch an inquiry into those procurements of Batumi, Kobuleti, and Khelvachauri that were won by the companies Adjarganateba and Ganateba without competition and by means of disqualification of competitors and to make the results of the inquiry known to the public in a timely and comprehensive manner.
Source: transparency.ge
