The Board of Audit confirmed that the General Directorate of Administration and Finance stated as follows: home office According to a report obtained by this newspaper on Wednesday, the Antonov AN-74 aircraft model offered by the United Arab Emirates company Aero Express FZE was selected, although the aircraft does not meet the basic technical requirements. Republic.
The document reveals that OGAF chose the Antonov AN-74 without taking into account the advance warning from the Directorate of Police Aviation (DIRAVPOL), which indicated that the aircraft was not new, as required by the technical base, but rather for secondary use.
Despite this view, OGAF set aside proposals from manufacturers such as Italy’s Leonardo and Brazil’s Embraer, and chose the proposal of the United Arab Emirates company Aeroexpress FZE, which does not manufacture the Ukrainian-origin Antonov AN-74. The award was awarded on October 31st under the current government of Interior Minister Vicente Tiburcio.
Some of the documents cited by the newspaper indicate that “Minter’s OGAF awarded the international contract to a bidder (…) whose offer did not comply with administrative requirements and created the risk of acquiring an aircraft that did not meet the required conditions and technical characteristics.”
The report details that Aero Express FZE demanded a payment of US$63.9 million for the Antonov AN-74, but its source is not disclosed. The governing body hired an aeronautical engineer to evaluate the proposal and concluded that the Antonov AN-74 did not comply with the technical definitions laid out in the process. According to DIRAVPOL experts, this model was old and did not meet the necessary conditions.
“It should be noted that the Police Aviation Directorate of the National Police, in its technical capacity, issued a statement stating that the bidder in question does not comply with various points of the technical specifications,” the report said.
Aeronautical engineering experts at the Comptroller General’s Office reaffirmed that the Aero Express FZE proposal does not meet the necessary technical specifications and presents the risk of obtaining an aircraft that does not meet the required conditions.
Documents exposed by the newspaper warn that this situation could limit the achievement of contract objectives and affect the transparency of the process.
“Aero Express FZE Offer” Failure to comply with technical specifications required by the contract management infrastructure. “This is a situation that creates the risk of acquiring an aircraft that does not meet the required conditions and technical characteristics, which not only affects the fairness and transparency of the selection procedure, but also limits compliance with the aims and objectives of the contract,” he emphasizes.
This contract was signed during the administration of the OGAF Director. Ronnie Matienzo. The report recalls a history of alleged corruption at OGAF, including complaints from manufacturers in the procurement of weapons and bulletproof vests and reports of irregularities in the purchase of four-wheel drive armored vehicles.
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