The "Budvanska Riviera" hotel group entrusted one of the largest capital investments worth almost five million euros, the adaptation of villas "Ruzmarin" and "Maslina" in the tourist resort "Slovenska plaža" to the consortium "LD Gradnja-Ramel-Ening-Telemont".
Although their offer was declared invalid by the first instance commission, the second instance decided in favor of these companies.
The total value of the works is 4.866.173 euros.
Executive director of "Budvan Riviera" Jovan Gregović, president of the Budva committee of the Democratic People's Party, at the end of January, at the proposal of the Commission for Opening and Evaluation of Bids, made a decision to suspend the procurement procedure, with the explanation that "no valid bid was submitted."
The consortium appealed against that decision, and the second-instance Commission headed by Milena Raičković accepted the appeal and changed the decision of the first-instance commission, and declared the consortium's joint offer correct and first-ranked.
She is an official of the Social Democrats and was recently appointed director of the legal sector.
After that, the contract was signed by the representative of the consortium and Gregović, and the approval of the Board of Directors was signed by Mijomir Pejović, the leader of the Budva Democrats.
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They claim there is no passing
When asked if there was a slip-up within the hotel group, because the expert committee declared both bids incorrect, so that the second-level committee declared the cheaper bid correct even though that committee does not have engineers in its composition, "Budvanska Riviera" replied to "Vijesta" that "no there can be bypassing within the company”.
"The decision was made exclusively in accordance with the Rulebook on regulating procedures for procurement of goods, services and works. The second-instance commission, in accordance with its competences and powers, examined the regularity of the application of this rulebook and based on that, made its decision. The composition of the second-level commission is also prescribed by the rulebook, which stipulates that one of the members of the second-level commission must be a graduate lawyer with at least five years of work experience and knowledge of procurement. The committee for the opening and evaluation of bids, not an expert committee, necessarily has a person in its composition who provides data on the basis of which the subject of procurement is determined, in this case an engineer, and his role is most important in the preparation of tender documentation and the drafting of technical specifications", they explained. .
From that state-owned company, they stated that Gregović, at the proposal of the Commission for Opening and Evaluation of Bids, made a decision to suspend the procedure, with the explanation that no correct bid was submitted.
"In the procedure of the implementation tender, the offer was submitted by two bidders. 'LD Gradnja' from Nikšić on behalf of the joint offer 'LD Gradnja-Ramel-Ening-Telemont' and 'Eektro team' from Budva. By choosing the bidder of the joint bid 'LD Gradnja-Ramel-Ening-Telemont', 'Budvanska Riviera' achieved savings in relation to the estimated value of the procurement in the amount of 371.826,48 euros, which fully justified the principles of economy and efficiency of the use of money. This is one of the more important reasons that guided the second-level commission, which carries 70 points in the evaluation and evaluation of the offer. 'LD Gradnja-Ramel-Ening-Telemont' also submitted 221 certificates on the performance of works, on the basis of which it was awarded 30 points, while the other bidder submitted only 3 references. Therefore, it is easy to conclude that the only criteria we were guided by were economy and references of bidders, and the decision of the second-level commission was published on the company's website, from which the reasons for making the decision can be clearly seen", they announced from "Budvanska Riviera".
Loan from the Investment and Development Fund
The investment was approved based on project documentation and a sample room, which accurately defined the type, type and manufacturer of the equipment.
To the question of "Vijesti" whether the tender process ensured certainty for the investor that he would get exactly what was requested, the hotel group replied that in order to ensure the orderly return of loan funds, "Budvanska Riviera" provided a pledge statement - a mortgage on real estate, a policy real estate insurance that is the subject of a mortgage, bonded in favor of the Investment and Development Fund (IRF) for the entire loan repayment period, as well as 20 promissory notes with promissory authorizations of the loan beneficiary, i.e. the company.
"IRF recognized the importance of this investment. We have had exceptional support in providing money and in inviting our clients and referrals to respond to our public invitation which was published at the end of December 2021 in the daily newspaper. As for the safety of the 'Budva Riviera', the bidder is obliged to act in accordance with the accepted offer and the tender documentation provided. We have provided security for the good execution of the contract through a guarantee in the amount of five percent of the total value of the contract with a validity period of 10 days longer than the contracted period, which we can activate at any moment when some of the reasons for terminating the contract occur. We also have a professional liability insurance policy for damage that may occur to us and third parties from the performance of the contracted works in the amount of 500.000 euros with a term of validity from the date of the start of the contract until the date of expiry of the warranty period. The insurance policy is issued for 90 days, and will be active for three years after the agreed term".
During the warranty period, they provided, as they say, a guarantee for the elimination of defects in the amount of five percent of the total value of the contract.
The company pointed out that if the contractor, through no fault of their own, does not complete the work within 90 days, he is obliged to pay "Budvanska Riviera" two thousandths of the agreed price of the total works for each day of exceeding the agreed deadline.
They also concluded a contract on professional supervision of works
The hotel group said that they concluded a contract on professional supervision with the company "Spitfajer" from Podgorica. That company, they explain, has in its composition graduated engineers in accordance with the subject of supervision with valid licenses of the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism.
"The obligations of professional supervision are precisely determined by the contract and they clearly prescribe the supervision obligations related to the control of the conformity of the works, the quality control of the execution of the works, the quality control of the materials, installations and devices that are installed, checking whether the materials, installations and devices that are installed have prescribed documentation necessary for putting them into use...".
Professional supervision also includes regular monitoring of the dynamics of work execution and compliance with the agreed deadlines, control of the application of the measures ordered by the contractor to be taken in order to eliminate deficiencies in the execution of works. The contractor is obliged to perform the works based on the technical specification and the accepted offer.
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