The director of the Podgorica utility company Radoica Popović claims that the allegations of the non-governmental organization MANS are completely incorrect and technically unfounded.
In Popović's response, it is written that MANS' allegations are "a consequence of obvious elementary ignorance of our acts such as the Recommendations for the design, implementation and maintenance of public lighting in the territory of the Capital City of Podgorica, the Law on Public Procurement as well as technical achievements in the field of public lighting".
Popović states that the text "MANS: Popović set up a tender worth five million euros" commissioned by" ordered by "people against whom we have already submitted two criminal reports to the competent prosecutor's office and the Police Directorate".
"It is obvious that this is a strong lobby of fraudsters, which additionally confirms that a large number of the same people who want to use inappropriate methods to destroy what is of extreme importance for the capital, and especially for citizens in the rural area of the city, are engaged in this business. The reconstruction of public lighting in rural and suburban settlements was preceded by multi-year preparation in the course of which around thirty pilot projects were carried out, with various manufacturers, and on the basis of which this project was praised and rated as very high quality by all renowned bidders. a commission made up of members from city services and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica, which was formed by the capital, while the tender commission for the opening and evaluation of ponds was formed by "Komunalne usluge" doo. In the specific case of Podgorica, lamps that are planned for replacement in rural and suburban settlements are on average more than thirty years old, and therefore have been written off in bookkeeping and technically almost unusable. Therefore, due to outdated technology, lack of spare parts, low energy efficiency, non-compliance with European directives and expensive maintenance, the replacement of existing old lamps in rural and suburban settlements is more than desirable and justified, which is still not the case in the city center. to be solved in the following period. Considering the regulations and technical achievements, it is clear that the future is certainly represented by LED technology, which is in accordance with the valid recommendations of the Capital City made by experts in the field, mostly due to the high degree of savings and numerous other technical advantages, and additionally due to the reason that the prices of led lamps are constantly falling on the market, and this was also shown in the specific tender, so it is not clear what are the "other options for savings" that can even come close to LED technology in terms of savings, technical performance and price. Therefore, the only motive in this project is not to save electricity, but to replace 10.750 pieces of existing, outdated lamps with new LED lamps, and to finance the investment over a period of twelve years, entirely from savings in electricity and maintenance, with a guarantee of twelve years, without any additional appropriations from the capital's budget," states the statement signed by Popović.
It is added that the new LED lamps will contain a loaded scenario according to which the light intensity will be gradually reduced in the late evening and early morning hours when the frequency of pedestrian and motor traffic is reduced, thus further increasing savings, and electricity bills would be reduced. to only 20% of the current amount for villages and suburban settlements.
"In order to avoid the bad experiences of certain municipalities from the surrounding area, the tender documentation required an irrevocable, unconditional and collectable bank guarantee at the first call, which guarantees full and conscientious performance of the contractual obligations. It is completely unclear what the motive is for the published photos, in which there are no public lighting, which is beyond common sense. The published photos are only parts of the streets or neighborhoods where there is no public lighting, while the lighting exists in all the locations mentioned in the tender documentation and will be replaced at this stage. Therefore, the actual situation regarding the locations being reconstructed is displayed incorrectly, as well as stating in the text that "material and color" were specified in the tender documentation. The client insisted on the quality of the LED lamps in the tender documentation and listed almost all characteristics in ranges, in order to enable the equal participation of as many bidders as possible, and eliminated the possibility of favoring any bidder."
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