Earthquake houses, Safet Gjici gets the lion's share: 3.7 billion for the mayor's companies

Open Data Albania has recently made a list of companies that have allocated funds for reconstruction after the earthquake of November 26, 2019. According to the database of this service at the top of the list is the mayor of Kukes, Safet Gjici, and his companies.

The BOT Operators Union, with four businesses led by  Kevin  Construction, is by far the most successful client in contracting for the Reconstruction Program, explains Open Data. BOT Kevin Construction in cooperation with  Company Riviera  2008,  Mela shpk, and  Pepa Group has won two Mini-Contest contracts with total value without Tax Value Added of 3 777 430 000 Lekë (three billion seven hundred and seventy-seven million four hundred and thirty thousand ).

The concluded contracts have been announced in the special Bulletin no. 16 dated 5 February 2021. The object of the Contracts is related to two mini-competitions which coincide  Mini-competition no . 1 for 677 apartments and  Mini- Competition no. 2  for 743 flats. These mini-competitions are developed by the authority of the Albanian Development Fund. Each of the companies in this union of operators has other contracts from the Reconstruction Program, as the only operator without cooperation, or in other collaborations.

 

 

The data are part of the monitoring of Contracting through two databases, Contracting Reconstruction Program in the  Municipality and the Albanian Development  Fund ADF.

The contracting procedure for the Reconstruction Program is based on a Law different from normal Procurement legislation. Procedures are all limited, without open competition based on Legal Chapter VI, Public Procurement Procedures, Normative Act with the force of Law no. 9, dated 16.12.2019 "On coping with the consequences of natural disasters", approved by the Assembly of Albania with law no. 97/2019, on 18.12.2019. Law that has twice been requested in the Constitutional Court to be repealed as unconstitutional.

In second place is the company  Gjikuria with 2 260 049 999 Lek for 5 contracts with the Albanian Development Fund for Reconstruction Procedure in civil housing and educational facilities. Gjikuria also has other Reconstruction contracts in procedures where it competes in the union of operators.

In third place is again a union consisting of  Ante-Group shpk with  Ferro Beton  & Construction Co shpk. This union of operators has won a Reconstruction contract through the Albanian  Development Fund and another with the Municipality of  Tirana under Reconstruction. The total value is 2 182 717 646 (two billion one hundred eighty-two million seven hundred seventeen thousand six hundred forty-six) Lekë.

Both companies of the Operator Union have other contracts in cooperation with each other and other operators. Thus FerroBeton & Construction Co. has also cooperated with  Alesio 14   or  Inerti shpk for constructions in the Reconstruction Program area  5 Maji  Municipality of Tirana.

In fourth place according to the winning values ​​until December 2021, stands the company Salillari. She has secured from Reconstruction contracts worth up to 1 760 388 300 Lekë, Salillari has won with the Fund projects for reconstruction in Vora and with the Municipality of Tirana for reconstructions in Kombinat and 5 Maji.

GPG COMPANY  LLC is in the fifth place of the Businesses selected for the Reconstruction Program Contracting. With a contract value of 1 332 081 367 (one billion three hundred thirty-two million eighty-one thousand three hundred sixty-seven) ALL without VAT, this company has contracts with the Housing Fund in Kruja, Shijak, and Durres as an educational object, and a case of contracts with the Municipality for the Reconstruction Fund.