die Weltbank verhängt gegen Firmen und Personen Sanktionen, wegen der totalen Korruption im von der Weltbank finanzieretn Wasser Projekt Durres (Golem, Kavaje gehört dazu)
Albania: World Bank Issues Sanctions in Water Supply Project
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2005 ¾ .The World Bank announced the debarment of 5 individuals and 6 firms for collusive practices in relation to the World Bank-financed "Water Supply Urgent Rehabilitation Project" (WSURP) in Albania. These firms and individuals will be ineligible to receive any new World Bank-financed contracts for the periods of their debarments, ranging in this case from one to five years. One individual was also given a public letter of reprimand. These actions are part of the World Bank's broad anticorruption efforts initiated by President James Wolfensohn in 1996. World Bank Country Manager Mr. Nadir Mohammed welcomed the ruling saying that "The actions of the companies and their directors were designed to deprive the borrowing country of access to competitive pricing in establishing bid prices at artificially high levels. The sanctions taken against the companies show our readiness to safeguard the procurement process in Bank-funded projects and to ensure that the Albanian people benefit from development programs and economic growth." The World Bank investigation was handled by the World Bank's Integrity Department (INT) and involved the collection and analysis of documents as well as the interviewing of many witnesses in Albania. The World Bank's Sanctions Committee issued notices of debarment to firms and individuals involved in fraudulent practices under the project. All of the firms and individuals were granted the opportunity to dispute the charges. The debarred companies and their respective directors were sanctioned for serious misconduct, in direct contravention of the World Bank's Procurement Guidelines. The companies engaged in collusion by agreeing with each other to submit fraudulent bids containing artificial, non-competitive prices. This collusion occurred in order to guarantee the success of Pacani Sh.p.k.'s bid for a contract to conduct maintenance and repair works on the Durres Transmission Main for the Ministry of Public Works in Albania. The Project's objective was to rehabilitate on an emergency basis the water supply system in the cities of Durres, Fier, Lezhe, and Saranda in Albania. Specifically, the project sought to improve the quality and quantity of water supply through provision and installation of specific equipment as well as through the creation of contracts for critical on-site repairs of visible leaks in the water distribution network.
List of Debarred Firms and Individuals
The firm and individual listed below are debarred under the grounds of Procurement Guidelines 1.15(a)(ii). Their ineligibility period is for 5 years from March 3, 2005 to March 3, 2010: Pacani of Tirana, Albania. Mr. Pjeter Pacani of Tirana, Albania. The firms and individuals listed below have been debarred under the grounds of Procurement Guidelines 1.15(a)(ii). Their ineligibility period is for 2 years from March 3, 2005 to March 3, 2007: Varaku of Durres, Albania. Mr. Shpetim Varaku of Durres, Albania. INA of Tirana, Albania. Mr. Ferdinand Caushi of Tirana, Albania The firms and individuals listed below have been debarred under the grounds of Procurement Guidelines 1.15(a)(ii). Their ineligibility period is for 1 year from March 3, 2005 to March 3, 2006:
Adriatik 1 of Durres, Albania
Mandi 1 of Mammurras, Albania
Mr. Dalip Kuqi of Mamurras, Albania
Project 2000 of Tirana, Albania
Mr. Illirjian Loka of Tirana, Albania
A letter of reprimand will be posted for one year with regard to
Mr. Ardian Mustafaraj, President of Adriatik 1.
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