I haven’t written these in quite a while. I’m writing this for those who don’t follow them on the RosPil website. Last week we received decisions from the FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) on some of our complaints. Out of 8 decisions, in 7 cases the FAS agreed with our arguments and found the complaints justified. Among the notable ones: Construction and installation work for the project: “Development of the Moscow Aviation Hub. Construction of a new runway complex (Runway 3) at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow Region” Initial (maximum) contract price: 26,656,717,419.50 rubles. By the way, this is the largest state contract ever challenged by RosPil. The auction documentation si***mply did not include the ***design and cost-estimate documentation for the construction. In addition, a number of unlawful requirements were imposed on bidders. Our complaint was found partially justified:
FAS Decision 2. A contract for work on creating a personal health monitoring system. Initial (maximum) contract price: 22,000,000.00 rubles. The FAS commission agreed with our arguments regarding the unjustified requirement that bidders possess a number of licenses at the tender stage.
FAS Decision Since the opening of envelopes had already taken place by the time of the FAS commission meeting, the opening record was annulled and the deadline for submitting applications to participate in the tender was extended:
So in effect, we blew up the auction; it will have to be held again. Hopefully this time without any rigging or a preselected winner. 3. A separate item worth highlighting is four rather strange construction contracts in Ingushetia (a republic in Russia’s North Caucasus). In three of the four contracts, the work was classified as construction completion services. At the same time, all four contracts lacked design documentation. The total value of these contracts exceeded 425 million rubles. Can you announce a fair tender for construction work at a fixed price but without design documentation? No, you can’t. So we filed complaints, and they were found justified. I should note that by the time the FAS commission met, the customer had already canceled these remarkable contracts on its own. They realized things were starting to smell bad.