The company connected with the Karting Track Customer has won EUR 15 million in road maintenance procurement in Sigulda / Day
The Customer of the Plan is SIA Vidzeme fieldwhose sole member and owner of the board is Ilvija Liepiņa. For the company Vidzeme field owns two subsidiaries – SIA Clikk adventure and SIA DGR service. The latter currently has an active construction plan in Sigulda. On March 18, Sigulda County Construction Board issued a building permit to DGR service Create debris sorting and processing area, built hangar and car parks. On your website DGR service Already, it is noted that construction waste management and recycling, the company’s core business is road and street management, maintenance, care and management of territories, and provides these services to municipalities, companies and private owners.
Day turned to Sigulda County Municipality with the question of whether the municipal building board assessed the building permit for the establishment of a construction site processing area. DGR service The associated company Vidzeme Field also in the field of environmental violations in the field of construction and building demolition waste (including soil excavated from contaminated locations), although no waste management activities on the site are not allowed? And did the Construction Board evaluate that there had been a lot of administrative violation cases in the property of these offenses, including whether the building board obtained information from the State Environmental Service on its decisions in violation cases? Representatives of the municipality provided the municipality: « The Construction Board does not tell the activities of the applicants on other objects, including the reputation of the applicant. The competent authorities have not provided information on possible violations in these objects. The competence of law enforcement agencies. The permitted activities are the construction of waste management and recycling companies (13005).
Actively participate in procurement
In connection with SIA DGR service Information published on the Procurement Monitoring Bureau (PMB) website indicates that it is actively participating in public procurement procedures and its clients are Sigulda Municipality, and the company has provided certain services to the administration of the Ligatne Ligatne Association, but also in the Krimulda County Council. However, the highest number of winning purchases is undoubtedly in procurement organized by Sigulda Municipality.
One of the last most valuable purchases in which DGR service Win and signed an agreement with Sigulda County Municipality in April 2022, it was for the maintenance of roads, streets, square and traffic organization in Sigulda County with a total possible contract for five years for a maximum contract price of EUR 15,000,000 or EUR 3,000,000 each year.
At the time of this agreement, the city was led by Mayor Uģis Mitrevics from the National Union (NA). Already in the first year of the contract, on November 23, 2022, the municipality concluded an additional agreement with the company, which increased the contract price by another 10%. This means that less than half a year after the contract was started, the contract price was increased by 300 thousand euros a year. This agreement with the municipality for such a significant increase in contract price in the first year DGR service Closed shortly after taking office in early November. L. Sausiņa followed his party member U. Mitrevica in the footsteps after he was elected to the 14th Saeima. Interestingly, SIA DGR service He has no longer concluded new procurement agreements with Sigulda municipalities since the municipality is no longer led by NA -related politicians.
Price increases by 10%
Returning to the selection of the winner of this Agreement, it should be noted that complaints about the requirements of Sigulda County municipalities were made by well -known Latvian companies such as SIA SIA Eco Baltia EnvironmentVas Latvian Road Maintainer and as Road Administration. The recent complaint submitted by the company was also found to be justified, and therefore the municipality had to amend the requirements of the statutory regulations as unjustified. As a result, the Protocol from the opening of tenders, however, that none of these major merchants submitted their offer to the procurement and the Sigulda County Municipal Procurement Commission recognized the only tenderer as the winner – DGR service. Perhaps the other big companies saw that they would not be able to offer a competitive price to meet the requirements set by the municipality, so in fact DGR service This procurement won without a competition. It also raises reasonable questions whether the Sigulda Municipal Procurement Commission has already set the requirements for the purpose of winning the local businessman DGR service With the manager Kaspars Liepiņš, shortly after the victory with the price of the municipality, increasing by the 10%mentioned already mentioned.
The provisions signed by the Parties, which are publicly available in the electronic procurement system, provide that the customer is entitled to extend the contract each year for another year if the Sigulda Municipality has no claim to work on the company. In the spring of 2023 and 2024, Sigulda Municipality extended the contract for another year (until May 1, 2025). However, the extension of the contract agreement for another year until May 1, 2026 has not yet been found. The municipality may evaluate the claims of Sigulda residents that DGR service The maintenance of streets, roads and squares did not actually have been satisfactory from the start of the contract, as the snow has not been harvested in time, but non -flexing works were not properly carried out.
It should be noted that the State Environmental Service to Daytime The questions sent have not yet answered, stating that it takes longer Daytime the specified. The editorial board of the newspaper will continue to follow the development of these issues.
