Elche City Council is the municipality that has ratified the highest number of non-minor emergency contracts during the past 2020 in the Community of Valencia in relation to the covid-19 outbreak. The total amount is 1,174,541 Euros and the total is 6,918,341 Euros (excluding VAT). This is one of the main conclusions that can be drawn from the Sindicatura de Comptes inspection report released this Tuesday. With regard to the events presented by these conventions, the document emphasizes that the Alicante Provincial Council is the least representative, with the Torrevieja Municipal Council at the opposite extreme.
Local organizations in the Community of Valencia, with a population of more than 50,000, spent a total of €2.43 million in 2020 on the purchase of masks and other protective gear against coronavirus through the use of contracts known as least contingency contracts. This is another of the data gathered in the report by Sindicatura de Comptes, which examines the recruitments made by local organizations in the year when the pandemic broke out and completely turned the lives of all residents upside down. of the planet.
seven consulates
This report analyzes contracts executed by seven municipalities in the province of Alicante: Alcoy, Benidorm, Elche, Elda, Orihuela, San Vicente del Raspeig and Torrevieja. From the rest of the Valencian Community, the municipal councils and three county councils of Castellón, Gandia, Paterna, Sagunto, Torrent and Villarreal are also under scrutiny. However, the municipalities of Alicante and Valencia are not included as these two municipalities are already audited by the SAI. Specifically, in 2020, these city councils formalized a total of 79 non-minor contracts, reaching 6.9 million, according to the list of approved covid-19 conventions.
Castellón was the municipality that processed the most non-minor contracts up to twelve, while Elche was the municipality that ratified the highest total amount of these contracts at 1.1 million. By type, between city councils and county councils around 2.4 million for masks and protective equipment, 2 million for food, 970,000 euros for surveillance and access controls, 610,000 euros for cleaning and disinfection work, 329,000 euros for assistance, 214,000 euros for maintenance they spent. and protection, 213,000 euros for new technologies and 111,000 euros for the purchase of tests to detect the virus that has taken over humanity.
Regarding the incidents identified in a total of 16 institutions audited, in addition to the thirteen municipal councils and three municipalities, the Alicante provincial institution submitted the lowest number with five, while Torrevieja City Council did so. , with 26. In general, these events refer to compliance with the internal regulations of local organizations, the rationale for emergency handling, the drafting, adjudication, formalization and announcement of contracts, their execution and compliance and adaptation. emergency contract to good management principles.
advices
In its Recommendations section, the Sindicatura de Competes recommends city councils and district councils to approve procedural guidelines for the processing of such emergency contracts or, where appropriate, to include specific regulations in the budget execution guidelines. Another recommendation is to record separately the reasons or reasons justifying the application of this extraordinary procedure in all contracts concluded due to an emergency. Moreover, in his view, the contractual activity should be limited to what is strictly necessary to prevent and remedy the damage caused by the emergency that caused it.
The report highlights the high level of compliance throughout 2020 with regard to the sending of information to the Sindicatura de Comptes and the Court of Accounts. Out of a total of 840 entities belonging to the Community of Valencia local public sector, 831 sent relations, representing 98.9% of contracts concluded or corresponding negative communication during the year.