“Presidential Highway” and the SG$102 million tender with Sedapal: Parasol’s work in the Castillo government.

Company Umbrella Manufacturers Groupwhose shareholders are Rocio del Pilar Pintado Cruz and Ruben Obregon Herrera, since coming to power, Pedro Castillo has signed contracts with the state for millions of soles, the newspaper reports. Trade.

A construction company established in 2016 has won up to there was a castle contracts worth SGD 7.7 million, but as of July 2021 more than SGD 155 million has been awarded contracts.

The contract that has attracted the most attention is the so-called “presidential highway”, a work that was awarded directly Municipality of Angii in October 2021 to the road consortium MDJH, which Parasol merges with Ibérico Ingeniería y Construcción SA.

It is a S$19 million structure that runs through President Castillo’s home in his hometown. Chugurwas approved in just 13 days through Decentralized Proviasdespite the fact that it usually takes six months.

The new contract you won umbrellaas a member of the consortium miraculousis the product of S/102′200 582 Sedapal. La Milagrosa was the only bidder in this process, according to a new newspaper report. Trade.

La Milagrosa consists of umbrella and two other companies: Corporación Nueva Esperanza SAC, whose shareholders are the brothers Umberto, Manuel and Alfredo Pérez Bustamante, natives of the province of Celendin (Cajamarca); and Ecuatoriana de Servicios, Inmobiliaria y Construccion Eseico SA, Peru branch represented by Carlos Lima Basellar Filho.

In addition to the fact that none of the three companies had previously entered into contracts with Sedapal, the consortium miraculous its registered office: Nestor Gambetta Avenue, auxiliary street, quarter E1, plot 02-A, industrial area of ​​the Inca Pachacútec Association of Micro-Entrepreneurs, district Window (Callao).

At this address there is an unfinished one-story house without plaster. And this place also coincides with umbrella sent to Municipality of Angii in the “presidential highway” contract.

frozen contract

According to Tradecontract with Sedapal, called “final intake repair Wachipa systemcompliance and correction of latent defects, breakdowns or design defects, lots 1, 2 and 3, acceptance, PTAP Huachipa and Ramal Norte”, was frozen.

This is because, on 3 August, Judge Javier Jiménez Vivas of the Third Civil Court of San Juan de Lurigancho of the Supreme Court of Lima East recognized the amparo claim filed by miraculous against Sedapalafter the organization withdrew an award for failing to correct some of the concerns regarding the letter of guarantee submitted by the consortium to ensure compliance with the bidding process.

Sedapal’s response

State company statement Sedapal He indicated that the aforementioned selection process was carried out on November 17, 2021 “in accordance with the standards and procedures established under the Public Procurement Law, and is part of the entity’s investment project portfolio.”

They also indicated that the change of the selection committee on April 27 of this year. related to the fact that the engineer Julio Ramirez he was named project and works manager on 25 May; however, he could not continue to chair this process as this would constitute a conflict of interest.

“According to the ability assumed as a project and works manager is to sign a contract for the performance of works, for this reason, an official signing a contract obtained as a result of the selection process cannot be at the same time a member of the selection committee. “, they specified.

Regarding Engineer Ramirez’s visits to the Ministry of Housing, Building and Sanitation, they reported that the coordination of Sedapal staff with the Ministry of Housing “is of an ongoing and permanent nature.” In this sense, they recalled that participation in meetings to analyze technical issues, attention to the population and its leaders, the alignment of projects with the Safe Water Program for Lima and Callao and other areas “is the usual management protocol.”

June 23 Sedapal awarded a good mark for the work “Repair of the Huachipa intake system” to the only bidder that submitted a bid: the La Milagrosa Consortium. Regarding their experience in water supply and sanitation projects, they specified that “any of the members that make up the consortium can accredit experience, not necessarily each of them.”

“The company advises that the Comptroller’s Office is being informed so that it can carry out an exhaustive review of the selection process; an internal committee is also being created to verify compliance with the internal procedures of the organization,” they said.