Rotating benches for schools, because companies contest Arcuri
All the turmoil over the outcome of the tender for special benches called by Commissioner Arcuri. Facts, numbers and controversies
"Quantities and delivery times do not appear to be those indicated in the initial announcement. And we understand that the commissioner's staff is contacting the participating companies to verify the possibility of improving offers, as far as possible, of these two parameters. Is such a thing possible? ”.
And 'what he says Gianfranco Marinelli, president of Assufficio (representing more than 140 manufacturers of office furniture, equipped walls and seats representing 80% of national turnover) adherent to Federlegno federation
When asked if such a thing is possible, Marinelli himself replies: «In my long experience I would say no, and that is, if offers do not arrive exactly in line with requests, then the tender has some critical issues. For our part, we have always been consistent in pointing out that times and quantities belonged to a dream book for every producer, and we have maintained this position also by encouraging companies to participate with proposals, however, that are achievable ».
TIMES AND DELIVERIES FOR COUNTERS
Therefore, the offers that have arrived – 14 in all – foresee deliveries in longer times, up to October, and lower quantities, Il Sole 24 ore stresses today: "It should also be said that we still do not have a geographical distribution plan for the product. , and this is a critical factor. It is one thing to have to deliver a supply by truck from Milan to a Lombard school, another is to plan a transport to Pantelleria. This is decisive information that companies need as soon as possible », adds the Asso Ufficio top management.
THE TYPE OF NOTICE
The hypothesis is that the call, which from the beginning was born as a "Simplified open procedure, of utmost urgency, prepared as an exception to the provisions of the Public Contracts Code", may leave room for choices such as accepting proposals that do not fully comply with request ”, writes the Sun.
THE WORDS OF MARINELLI
"This will be a subject for jurists, it is not our task," Marinelli points out. However, the possibility remains that one of the companies that decided not to participate due to the impossibility of fulfilling the requests of the tender procedure will present an appeal, but which today sees the tender also commissioned to those who offered a supply with less strict rules. , comments the Confindustria newspaper.
WHAT ARCURI HAS ANNOUNCED
On the evening of August 12, the commissioner for the health emergency Domenico Arcuri signed the custody contracts. They will be mostly made in Italy counters judging by who won the supply. The three excluded were certified below the required requirements. The offers received, equal to 2.6 million benches , exceed the same request which, in detail, was 2,013,656 traditional benches and 435,118 innovative seats.
RESULT OF THE RACE
Here are the final numbers of the race. Eleven winners out of the fourteen companies or temporary groupings that had come forward. To produce up to 2.5 million benches , single-seaters and with the infamous wheels, necessary for the Italian schools to reopen in September.
DEBATE AND DISPUTES
The stalls will be delivered from the first days of September until October. "The distribution in the various institutes will take place according to a national schedule and a timing that will take into account the actual school and health priorities of the various territories, thus ensuring the normal start of the school year" ensures Arcuri. Even if the point remains critical. In the call for tender there is a commitment to deliver from 31 August to 12 September, under penalty of breach of the contract. How does it fit with the permitted distribution even afterwards? "Doesn't the change in the delivery date make the announcement null and void?" attacks Asso ufficio.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/banchi-rotanti-per-le-scuole-perche-le-aziende-contestano-arcuri/ on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:25:10 +0000.