The Special Prosecution Office has closed the investigations into another faction of the 5D file, in charge of the directors of the Tirana Municipality.
SPAK has completed the investigations into the tender awarded for 'Tirana Parking' and the tender for ' Tirana Sports Club '.
The prosecution has sent 9 Tirana municipality officials to trial in the Special Court today, who are accused of abuse of office and violation of equality in tenders.
These officials awarded tenders to the directors of the Municipality of Tirana, Redi Molla and Mariglen Qato, owners of the company '5D Konstruksion'.
SPAK announcement:
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has completed the preliminary investigations for criminal proceedings no. 75/2 dated 02.12.2024 and no. 75/3 dated 02.12.2024, registered for the criminal offense "Violation of equality of participants in public tenders or auctions", committed in collaboration.
From the investigative actions carried out in connection with these criminal proceedings, evidence has been collected and the fact has been proven that the commercial company "5D Konstruksion" sh.pk (the same as the company with the name "VAS Konstruksion" sh.pk), which is indirectly owned by citizens Redi Molla and Mariglen Qato, former officials in the capacity of General Director and Director of the Directorate in institutions subordinate to the Municipality of Tirana, has benefited from public contracts in violation of public procurement rules from the contracting authorities "Tirana Parking" and "Tirana Sports Club".
Firstly, the investigations conducted have proven the fact that the defendant Deborah Keçi, in her capacity as the head of the contracting authority "Tirana Sports Club", an institution subordinate to the Municipality of Tirana, in collaboration with the defendants Teuta Guri, Jetjon Mera and Rejnaldo Gjerazi, in their capacity as members of the Bid Evaluation Committee, have created unfair advantages and privileges for the economic operator "5D Konstruksion" sh.pk in the procurement procedure with the object "Reconstruction of the Wrestling Gym" held on 09.12.2020.
From the evidence collected during the investigations, it has been proven that the defendant Deborah Keçi, in her capacity as the head of the contracting authority, agreed with the representative of the economic operator "VAS Konstruksion" sh.pk to declare her the winner of the procurement procedure at the stage of preparing the documents, before the procedure was even announced.
Defendants Teuta Guri, Jetjon Mera and Rejnaldo Gjerazi, in their capacity as members of the Bid Evaluation Committee, have not exercised their duty to evaluate and classify bids in accordance with the law, but have evaluated and classified in violation of public procurement rules the economic operator "5D Konstruksion" sh.pk, which was predetermined to be declared the winner by defendant Deborah Keçi.
Secondly, from the investigative actions carried out during the preliminary investigations, it has been proven that the defendant Eglantina Zere, in the capacity of the head of the contracting authority "Tirana Parking", an institution subordinate to the Municipality of Tirana, in collaboration with the defendants Enkelejda Qyta, Bruno Koçi and Rivjola Baxha, in the capacity of members of the Bid Evaluation Committee (KVO), as well as with the defendant Kristo Zhulati in the capacity of a member of the Procurement Unit, have created unfair advantages and privileges for the merger of the winning economic operators "VAS Konstruksion sh.pk" and "Rroku Guest" sh.pk, in the procurement procedure with the object "Reconstruction of the Selman Stermasi parking lot", held on 01.10.2019.
The evidence collected during the investigations fully proves the fact that the verification and evaluation of the offers of the economic operators that participated in this procurement procedure were not carried out by the members of the KVO, but by other persons who worked at the company "5D Konstruksion" sh.pk.
It has been proven that the members of the Bid Evaluation Committee did not exercise their duty to evaluate and classify bids in accordance with the law, but rather evaluated and classified in violation of public procurement rules the merger of economic operators "VAS Konstruksion" sh.pk and "Rroku Guest", which were predetermined to be declared the winner by the defendant Eglantina Zere.
The Special Prosecution Office on 06.01.2025 filed with the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana the request for sending to trial the criminal case no. 75/2 of 2024 against the defendants:
Deborah Keçi, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Teuta Guri, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Rejnaldo Gjerazi, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Jetjon Mera, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Likewise, the Special Prosecution Office on 07.01.2025 filed with the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana the request for sending to trial the criminal case no. 75/3 of 2024 against the defendants:
Eglantina Zere, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Rivjola Baxha, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Enkelejda Qyta, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Bruno Koçi, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).
Kristo Zhulati, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258 and 25 of the Criminal Code (according to the content of this provision before the amendments made by law no. 43/2021, dated 23.03.2021).