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Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs Shapllo and Orgocka earned 10 million euros from OSHEE

2025-08-01 14:09:04Investigim SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
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The institutions that produce, transmit and trade electricity have been put “in line” by the two oligarchs Agron Shapllo and Serafin Orgocka. In an open conflict of interest, the GSA firm deals with the trading of electricity, where after buying it from regional operators, it then sells it to KESH. But even when there is a “surplus” in production in Albania, it plays the role of an intermediary.

But the same firm, GSA, also deals with the electricity metering control system in the OST, or even with the installation of electricity meters in apartments. It has easily won tenders announced by OSSH, OSHEE and OST, which are state-owned companies. It has won all the tenders without competition and with strong predetermined suspicions.

According to documents researched by the VoxNews editorial team, the two oligarchs who are ranked in the top 10 richest people in Albania have received a total of 10 million euros from these institutions over 3 years. The documents drafted by these institutions seem to be best suited to the GSA, which is expanding day by day into other areas, turning into a large money "laundering machine".

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: Announcement of the OSSH for the winner of the tender for the purchase of electricity meters, where the GSA firm was the only one in the competition

 

Specifications such as "similar work" or "certified" materials have disqualified all other firms that only play the role of observers in these tenders.

It seems that the directors of the institutions that produce, transmit and trade energy, adapt the documents as Shapllo and Orgocka want. GSA is ranked as the largest company that buys energy from KESH and then sells it to OSHEE. But, it sells and does business with OSHEE for electricity meters. The same firm even supervises the process. If a private firm does all this, what are the state offices for? Or to make documents and distribute money according to their interests.

The above document, provided by VoxNews, is the announcement of the Distribution System Operator, which in July 2025, announced the GSA firm as the winner in the high-level procedure for goods.

This is a tender with the object of "purchase of new connection meters, liquidation of anomalies, verifications of metering systems upon client request and/or OSSH plan, in the metering system, including the necessary accessories". The duration of the contract was 120 days, while the fund was 3,786,409 euros excluding VAT.

"We hereby inform you that the company 'GSA' made a bid of 367 million lek," the document states. So, there was no other firm in the competition, while GSA received the entire fund allocated for this tender.

The winner's announcement was signed by Darling Hoxha, who is the director of the Regional Directorate of OSSH in Tirana. Darling himself is a subordinate of Bledian Dalipi, director of OSSH, and Enea Karakaci, administrator of the company OSHEE group.

 

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: OSSH is suspected of having adapted the documents according to the meters or equipment available to GSA

 

VoxNews reviewed the accompanying documents of the aforementioned tender, worth around 3.8 million euros. There are doubts that the OSSH documents are best adapted to the meters that GSA has or even other devices.

The director of the OSSH, Blendian Dalipi, himself signed the technical specifications at the end, as if to tell all the contractors in the cities of Albania to “give the tenders to GSA”. He says that it is mandatory for the supplier to provide ISO 9001 factory certificates, test reports, it must have certain functions. Some very technical specifications have “excluded” all others. 

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: OSSH requirements for boxes

In addition to meters, Dalipi has also written a number of requests for the boxes where meters are placed in apartments. Again, the data surprisingly fits the GSA best.

He writes that the equipment provided must comply with SSH, EN, IEC standards, while also having specifications for voltage, frequency, number of phases, and grounding system. 

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: OSSH also has special requirements for meter seals

The same company that had the meter boxes also meets the criteria for the seals that are placed on the meters. "Similar works" have discouraged a number of other firms from these procedures, while Dalipi writes a number of characteristics for the seals, blue color, number, body, to be laser engraved, etc., etc.

All the requirements seem to best suit the firm that won the lucrative tender. But, according to research conducted by VoxNews, the same firm has won 8 other contracts within 3 years from institutions that transmit, distribute and trade electricity. The total amount that the oligarchs have benefited from is a full 10 million euros!

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: The 2024 tender of the Tirana branch of OSSH was also won by GSA

A clean scheme, where GSA is just filling its coffers, ranking its two owners among the 10 richest in Albania. In 2024, OSSH has awarded another lucrative tender to this firm. The procedure with the object of “purchase of new connection meters, liquidation of anomalies, verifications of metering systems upon customer request and/or OSSH plans, in the metering system, including the necessary accessories” was easily won by Shapllo and Orgocka.

The tender value was 274 million lekë, while this money was given for only 90 days (3 months). "We announce that the following bidder has participated in this procedure; the company 'GSA', with a value of 270 million lekë," the documents state. GSA lowered its bid by only 40 thousand euros, while pocketing a full 2.7 million euros.

Again, there were no competitors?! The reason? “Similar works” and “certifications” of equipment. But, if you are going to give this company millions of euros year after year, why include the condition of similar works. In this way, you reduce competition and exclude foreign companies.

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: Announcement of the winner of the Durrës OSSH in 2023, the winner was GSA

Meanwhile, in 2023, the GSA company easily won a tender from the Durrës Public Utilities Company. The object of the procedure was the "purchase of meters and accessories for the metering system" worth 195 million lek.

GSA offered 191 million lek. Another firm, “EV Engineering,” participated only formally after not submitting any bids. A “game” that has been followed in the past where envelopes were only opened if there was more than 1 firm in the competition.

Uncompetitive and predetermined tenders; In 3 years, the GSA of the oligarchs
Facsimile: Announcement of the winner from OSSH Durrës for 2022, again the GSA firm won the tender

VoxNews also reviewed the 2022 tenders, where GSA has again been significantly favored by OSSH. The suspicions are that the two oligarchs have made a short circuit to the top of the government, while the favors are in several years.

In that year, OSSH Durrës opened a tender with the object of “purchase of 1 and 3 phase meters” with a limit fund of about 150 million lek, or about 1.5 million euros. GSA made a bid worth 141 million lek, while in the competition were also LIGUS with a bid of 149 million and “Aci Engineering” with a bid of 832 million lek, a bid many times higher than the limit fund.

Meanwhile, the offer of the company "LIGUS" was also disqualified because the operator had not submitted the required samples and did not meet the condition "for similar supplies". Although there were 3 firms in the "competition", the other two were again disqualified, a scheme clearly favoring the GSA, as has usually happened all along.

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