Svechla's ministry annuls tender for passport supply, also verified by AKI

The old tender through which the supply of identification documents has expired has expired, and this young man is in the process of cancellation.

On April 21st, 2022 was opened a tender of a high value from the MPB procurement office, titled “Enhancing with personal identification documents and the maintenance of electronic systems”. The projected value of the contract is 12 million and 524 thousand euros, and as seen by the title, besides the supply included the maintenance of the system.

Periscope days ago reported that the tender was stopped by the Kosovo Intelligence Agency AKI for some verifications, because one of the companies has the basis for producing documents in Serbia.

For the tender in question, only two companies had applied:

1. “Augetic GmbH; IN Groups at the value of 12329261, 27 euros, and

2. Group 1, “Muhlbauer IDGmbH; Ymako KPS, worth 12456071, 43 euros. This group of companies, although offering a little higher price than the other group, has been more complete with documentation.

The group Muhlbauer is the only technological partner worldwide for the production and personalisation of cards, passports and RFID applications that offer everything from a single source. There are about 3,500 employees and technology centres in Germany, Malaysia, China, Slovakia, the US and Serbia.

MPB) cancels process

Offers have been opened since June, but right now MPB has decided to throw both down. So he canceled this procurement activity. But after that decision, there have been complaints by the two companies, which have not agreed to be found irresponsible. The ministry in the legal term has reviewed their complaints and rejected both, leaving its decision in effect. The only route for companies has been to complain to the Procuring Organization - O The E.P. As soon as complaints were filed in this institution only by the group Muhlbauer, the ministry has suspended its decision to annul the procurement activity. This suspension will be in effect until O The time has come to make a decision regarding the complaint presented.

According to documents that are loaded on E-procurement, the offer of “Augetic GmbH; IN Group home has been deemed irresponsible for a number of reasons.

“Muhlbauer complaint ID Services GmbH; Ymako KPS”, which also has the basis of production, has been rejected on the grounds that: “you have not submitted to compliance with the requirements in the technical specification tender file, period 7.4 The device for the proceedings centre has not been submitted at all technical bids, have been attached and catalogs of which have not been identified as required according to technical specifications at the Tendra File 1.

The complaint at the OSHP was made yesterday and it took weeks to make a decision. (ANKES). Initially, this organ assigns one of its experts to make an expertise, then the Board meets to make decisions. Until the board's decision is made, the MPB legally must retain the suspended procedure. The board will probably make a decision in favour of the ministry, and at that time this institution could launch new procedures for procurement activities. Given the large demand for passports now and several days, the ministry will not go by open procedure this time, as it will take several months, but will apply negotiated “procedure without publication of the contract announcement”. This procedure is indisposed to transport, but it allows contracting authority to apply it to emergency supplies.

“Directable configuration files and maintenance of system” That's exactly what it's called the MPB procurement procedure after the OSHP decision. Based on up to the practice, then the tender will be given to the German company “Veridos” GmbH, which also has its branch in Kosovo with representatives Reinhard Hilarius. This MPB company had linked negotiated procedures in the past year to supply ID documents.

Periscope reported earlier weeks on a lack of identification documents.

On MPBs have acknowledged that there are document supply problems, but have not specified the problem of passport production. They have said there is a reduction of production capacities as a preventative measure of difficulties in supply of documents according to planning, which has resulted from the overall global crisis caused by pandemic and war in Ukraine, respectively.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Civil Recording Agency, respectively, informs you that the process of producing documents is continuing and citizens are being equipped with documents. However, we have a reduction of production capacities as a preventative measure of difficulties in supply of blanco documents according to planning, which has resulted from the overall situation caused by Pandemia Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine, respectively. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is committed to resolving this issue as soon as possible”, the Office for Public Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Periscope said in response.

Half of September 2021, The MPB, had been contracting 12 months of negotiations with the German company “Verridos GmbH” for the tender “Emergency Planning with ID documents and maintenance of the” systems. The value of the contract in which passport production has been involved has been 392980 euros. The contract has surpassed the currency until two months ago and, as Periscopi has learned, the company has stopped framing, and the ministry is operating with very small amounts remaining in the stock for emergencies and those who are paying money to come up with “at”. /M. B -PERISCOPY/