Procurement investigation concluded with ASL L’Aquila, 4 suspects. 2 officials in trouble. Directorate: “Trust in the work of the judiciary”
Corruption and disturbed freedom of the procedure for choosing the contractor: with these accusations in recent days the financiers of the Company of the Guardia di Finanza of Sulmona have notified the conclusion of the preliminary investigations against two officials of the provincial health authority of L’Aquila and two administrators of a private company. According to what has been learned, the investigative activity, carried out by the Fiamme Gialle and coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of L’Aquila, involved the assignments of some services outsourced by the ASL 1 in the years from 2017 to 2021 and, specifically , economic warehouse management, management,
maintenance and updating of the inventory of movable assets and maintenance of green areas, for an award amount of approximately 1.4 million euros.
“The amount of documentation examined – we read in a note from the Guardia di Finanza – the testimonies collected and the checks carried out by the Financiers would have revealed repeated irregularities in the preparation of the procedures for awarding services, in violation of the principle of rotation and to the advantage of certain operators compliant economics in exchange for the granting of utility. Specifically, officials, often resorting to the artificial splitting of contracts or direct awards, justified by a non-existent urgency, have managed over the years to evade the public tender procedures envisaged by the Contracts Code.
It is represented that the suspects will be considered guilty of the crime charged when the final sentence of conviction occurs” is further underlined in the note.
The Management of ASL 1 Abruzzo, in a note, “confirms full trust in the work of the judiciary and reiterates its commitment to guarantee maximum collaboration so that full light is shed on the matter, in the interests of patients and all staff”.
