SKKKKK: I am not informed of contracts signed by MSh

Krasniqi has been interviewed Wednesday by the members of the Investigative Commission for Pandemia, who has been asked about contract procedures and oxygen supplies. Salaj Krasniqi has been short in his answers, until he added that from the beginning of the pandemic until June, they have carried out regular procedures for the medicines, saying they had nothing special.

“Oxigen contracted a contract was in April, April 23, 2020, and the regular contract was in early June, 2020. Even now we've wanted a contract on oxygen, because we have regular contracts with an operator, but very large demands on oxygen have been filed, and it's impossible that an operator to deal with the requirements of the KSFKUK units, but we haven't had operators for this”, Krasniqi said.

Krasniqi has stressed that all contracts are public, but if required by this commission, he will send entire lists for the entire period.

The commission's deputy chairman, Bekim Haxhiu, highlighted the cases of double contracts, for which Krasniqi has also called for answers.

Then why has the Health Ministry made the purchase of protective equipment even drugs during this period when the SKKKUK had the Procuration Office and had, how has it been accomplished? Why are two procurement procedures being implemented simultaneously?

Krasniqi said they have no information about why procedures have been developed by the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, he added that he has not been informed even of the contracts for this ministry.

On the other hand, Haxhiu has also asked about the differences in MSh's contract gloves prices and real price.

Because we've been buying drugs, which you as SKKKUK have had valid contracts. So some until July, some until the month of October, some by the end of the month, you've had a valid drug contract and some protective equipment. Why is it allowed to become contract duplication because even the contract you have submitted, you have signed with the Department of Pharmacy and Furnisation, and the Health Ministry contract signed by the MMS Procurement Office has been sent back there. And now we have duplication for some protective equipment and double contract drugs, are you aware of that and did you take it to stop that”, Haxhi asked.

No, I wasn't informed, I just made proposals for my contracts through contract managers, and it was approved, the decision came, gave me information about every phase of the contract supply. However, for MS contracts I have no information”, Krasniqi responded to the commission members.

In addition, in terms of these contracts, opposition member Fatmire Kolcaku-Mruja said that former SKKKUK director Basri Sejdiu before the commission had said this institution had signed contracts with economic operators.

In part of the testimony of former SKKKUK director Basri Sejdiu has suggested that the SKKKUK has signed contracts with economic operators, which during the beginning of the pandemic, even though they had signed with the SKKKUK, did not make the supply of this institution under the contract they had. You as head of the Procurement Office, do you confirm whether you are denying this statement by former director”, she has asked.

Even so, Krasniqi said he has not been informed, but added that operators have had problems reading goods, since as he stressed, demand has been huge. He said there were no operators who wanted to break the contract, unable to open the merchandise.

In addition, he vowed that in the Kosovo University Clinical Hospital Service all procurement procedures are transparent, and that all contracts have been made in open procedure only contracts for the purchase of oxygen have been done with negotiation.