More than Br240 thousand overpaid for the purchase of boilers by the state enterprise of housing and communal services in the Grodno region

14:02 / 14.04.2021
In the Grodno region, the state enterprise of housing and communal services in 2020 purchased a set of boilers through an intermediary commercial structure, overpaying more than Br240 thousand. Such information is published in the official Telegram channel of the State Control Committee, BelTA reports.

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The fact of causing damage to the budget was revealed by employees of the regional KGC and the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee for the Grodno region. A criminal case has been opened against an official of the housing and utilities enterprise, who is obliged to control the use of budget funds provided for the repair, modernization and construction of municipal facilities.

«It is established that the suspect, who was the deputy chairman of the tender commission during the procedure of contract bidding for the purchase of boiler equipment, gave illegal instructions to subordinates to make changes to the documentation on the procedure for organizing and conducting procurement procedures. As a result, a more favorable offer of a state-owned business entity was rejected, and the winner of the auction was an intermediary commercial structure registered just two months before the competition», the KGC said.

This capital firm bought a set of boilers at the Gomel manufacturing plant and sold it to the utility company with a 50% mark-up. The resulting profit was spent by the heads of the commercial structure on the purchase of seven premium cars.

The purchase of boiler equipment through an intermediary company cost the utility company more than Br240 thousand more expensive than the cost of similar equipment declared by the rejected bidder. This led to an excessive payment of budget funds allocated to the Grodno region under the investment program.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Grodno region opened a criminal case under part 3 of Article 426 of the Criminal Code on the fact of abuse of power or official authority against an official of a housing and communal services enterprise.

Further operational-search measures and investigative actions are being carried out.

BelTA


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