CSCCA Opinion on the draft contract between the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation and DINVAI CONSTRUCCIONES S.A. (22 July 2020)
- CSCCA received MPCE submissions dated 26 June 2020 on 29 June 2020 for contracts with DINVAI CONSTRUCCIONES S.A.
- One project covered repair and maintenance of state vehicles assigned to ministries and other state institutions for April-September 2020 at 15.105784 million gourdes.
- A second project covered an integrated water-management program through dam construction across the country for April-September 2020 at 19.0 million gourdes.
- The Court found that comparable October 2019 contracts with the same provider had the same objects and amounts and had been validated by CSCCA on 30 January 2020.
- It said each pair of contracts had to be treated cumulatively and warned that expenditure splitting is prohibited under article 5-1 of the 10 June 2009 procurement law.
- The Court returned the proposed contracts to MPCE and invited it to account for the observations before any new transmission.
The reasoned opinion the court issued, under article 5 of the decree of 23 November 2005, on the draft contract between the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation and DINVAI CONSTRUCCIONES S.A.. The transmitting letter was received on 29 juin 2020. The opinion sets out the documents received, the points of law and form the court raises, and its conclusion. The court's opinions on named contracts are seldom published, and these date from the period when the Ministry of Planning was awarding contracts under emergency procedures.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), CSCCA Opinion on the draft contract between the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation and DINVAI CONSTRUCCIONES S.A. (22 July 2020), https://cscca.gouv.ht/