Perugia Hospital, Bori (Pd): “The company that managed the bar leaves without paying the utilities”

A missed reimbursement worth almost 2 million euros: one million for electricity bills and 850 thousand for water consumption

Perugia, 19 April 2024 – “Unpaid utilities, poorly calculated and a new tender to be written and understood. A series of critical issues on which we want to see clearly.

This is why I filed a question on the topic, with the aim of clarifying it.” Thus the regional councilor of the Democratic Party, Tommaso Bori, presenting a question that aims to “ask for further information regarding the failure to pay by the bar of the Santa Maria della Misericordia hospital in Perugia”.

“For a few days – explains Bori – the news of the failure to reimburse electricity and water bills by the northern Italian joint-stock company, owner of the service contract that manages the bar of the Perugia hospital, has become public knowledge. to the hospital administration.

A missed refund worth almost 2 million euros. Specifically, it would be one million for electricity bills and 850 thousand for water consumption. Amounts regularly paid by the hospital to the utility suppliers but not accounted for, as per the contract rule, and therefore not reimbursed to the bar owners”.

“The Perugia Prosecutor’s Office dealt with the matter and reported everything to the Court of Auditors for its jurisdiction. The hospital managers then decided to put the entire service back on the table. It was therefore published on December 13th, with a deadline of January 24th 2024.

The tender is divided into three distinct lots which include the bar management service within the hospital, the service of serving hot and cold food and drinks and essential hygiene products at vending machines, for a total value of almost 3 million and a seven-year contract.

However, there are too many doubts left open: will the former contracting company be able to participate in the tender and what is the fate of the agreement drawn up between the spa and the hospital administration to split the non-payment of bills in instalments? Responding to another question time on the topic, the regional health councilor, Luca Coletto, said that there was a lack of documents on the history of the utility costs that the current bar manager would have had to bear.

The subsequent investigation revealed that the meters for measuring energy consumption had not been installed. The expected utilities amounting to over one million euros plus VAT had not been paid. Then the parameters were revised and the amount dropped to 580 thousand euros plus VAT.

It is therefore necessary to understand why the repayment of the entire amount owed was not requested and why the parameters for calculating the debt were revised. It is also essential to understand whether the former contracting company will be allowed to participate in the tender.” (File photo)

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