A case of the Federal Court of Audit on possible irregularities in the judgment on May 21.
Last week, the case even went to Plenary at the Court of Auditors, but Minister Bruno Dantas was requested. The rapporteur is Minister Jorge Oliveira.
The cost of the acquisition was R $ 48.7 million, with the company Hempcare, which did not deliver the devices.
The auditors of the responsibility for the problems Carlos Gabas, then executive secretary of the consortium, which brings together governors of the Northeast.
At the time, the consortium president was but he was not cited in the report.
The Technical Area of the Court of Auditors suggested the application of fine and disqualification for public function to Gabas and the then administrative manager of the consortium, Valderir Claudino de Souza. This recommendation will still need to be approved by the court ministers.
In their defense, both said they cannot be held responsible for the problems in hiring respirators.
Gabas stated that “the purchase of pulmonary fans occurred in a public health emergency context due to covid-19 pandemic.” Therefore, there was waiver of bidding.
He added that the company presented the required documents and that the hiring followed a model suggested by the Federal Attorney General.
TCU technicians have listed a number of problems. Among them, that the company was constituted nine months before the signing of the contract, in 2020, had capital of only R $ 100 thousand, had never provided for federal public administration and had the main activity the commercialization of marijuana products.
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