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More than €5m worth of direct orders awarded by six government entities in a year
Neil CamilleriWednesday, 31 January 2018, 19:00Last update: about 5 days ago
Six entities that fall under the responsibility of the Office of the Prime Minister issued direct orders worth over €5 million in the space of just over a year, data tabled in Parliament shows.
The information was provided by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the request of PN MP Jason Azzopardi. The Nationalist MP asked for a breakdown of DOs awarded by entities falling under the OPM between 1 December 2016 and the date of reply.
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The PM said DOs in the list were all in line with public procurement rules.
It covers direct orders issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), the Malta Communications Authority (MCA), the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA), the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) and Identity Malta.
The total amount issued in direct orders was €5.16 million. There were seven direct orders worth over €200,000.
The highest direct order, worth €552,272, was awarded by MITA for “IBM Informix Subscription and Support Contract.”
The agency also awarded a €227, 769 DO for “software maintenance and support of e-ID system” and another worth €298,792 for the “provision of Cisco Networking Equipment.”
The MFSA awarded a direct order of €120,000 for the “provision of a White Paper focused on the description of MFSA structure and its regulatory and supervisory functions with the objective of providing a high level picture of the current regulatory and supervisory framework for the Maltese financial sector.”
MFSA also awarded a direct order of €267,647 for “Bandwith Provision and Related services (3 years) and another for €226,665 for the procurement of consultancy services.
The MGA awarded two direct orders worth more than €200,000 – one of €216,000 for “Global Reputation Management and International PR Services” and another of €228,000 for Technical Assistance on Anti-Money Laundering/combating financing of terrorism.”
Last year controversy had erupted over a direct order issued by the prison for the procurement of an IT system. The DO was worth €880,000. |
