
An anonymous company from the USA has managed to receive a full 7.2 million euros from Albcontrol for system maintenance. The state company that manages the airspace is suspected to be involved in a scandal, similar to that of the Albanian Road Authority, which gave a ghost company 18 million euros for the construction of the Ring of Tirana.
The data provided by VoxNews show that the company "Leidos, Inc.", based in Washington, has used the name of another firm, which cooperates with the Pentagon, to receive tenders in third countries, as is the case in Albania. In fact, in just two procedures, this firm has extorted millions of euros. The suspicions are that powerful individuals in Albania, from those who have won tenders in this institution for years, have used the American name and papers to "harvest money".
In the case of the ARSH tender for the Great Ring, the ghost American "company" had filed several papers with the National Business Center. But, in the case of the Albcontrol company, there is no "trace" of it in Albania, neither subsidiary nor representative. The suspicions are that in this case only the documents of the firm "Leidos, Inc." may have been used, while the "works" are done alla Albanian, or not at all. The object of the tender is systems maintenance, but from the data provided by our editors from within Albcontrol, the firm does not do any work.
VoxNews has secured the documents of the two procedures, which are for system maintenance, while the winners' announcements include the company's name and address. It is suspected that the managers and former managers of this institution are involved in this scandal, where the most prominent name is Dritan Isak, the administrator of this institution.
In the 2023 tender, former administrator Laureta Omeri authorized Isak to sign the tender. A year later, Omer left Albcontrol and left his place to Isak. The latter continued to sign procedures, where he signed again for "Leidos, Inc.". Is it possible that Isaac was "financed" at the head of the company by this firm, or by people "in the shadows"?
The first tender that bears Dritan Isak's name is from 2023. Albcontrol himself writes that "the most complex ATM system is Skyline, which is also one of our most important systems for traffic management along the way, approach and landing at airports".
On May 9, 2023, the firm announced the winner "the firm 'Leidos, Inc.', with nipt 95-3630868, with address 9737, Washingtonian Boulevard Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA with legal representative Mr. Erik Arfin".
It is about the tender with the object "Maintenance and upgrade expenses for the installed Skyline systems", with a limited fund of 522,720,000 ALL without VAT or 4.5 million euros. In 2023, it was written that "the duration of the contract will be 24 months from the date of signing the contract". While only the company "Leidos, Inc." participated in this procedure. with a value of ALL 505,686,000 without VAT.
Although the contract duration of the first tender was 24 months, Albcontrol announced another tender, with the object "Expansion and reconfiguration of the current ATM operation system (Skyline) for Vlora and hardware/console operations", with a limited fund of ALL 274,116,500 or 2,726,442 euros without VAT.
In this tender, the duration will be 10 months from the date of signing the contract, as there was only one offer in the procedure, that of "Leidos Inc.", with an offer price of ALL 270,417,300. Also in this document, the signatory is Dritan Isaku, who has already become the administrator of Albcontrol.
In both cases, the most curved name is Isaac's, who has taken over the firm and the responsibility. But did he check before announcing the winner? What documents did this company bring to Albania? And, does he have expertise for such systems, since he received a full 7,274,206 euros in just two procedures?!
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