The Institute of Social Security has endorsed a contract, awarded without having held a tender, with Intertelco for leasing fiber optic and patient-care software .
Although it has not signed the contract with Internet Telecomunication Company of Guatemala (Intertelco) , this entity has already received an endorsement from the Board (JD by its initials in Spanish) .
The Spanish company Talent Ingeniería, Instalaciones y Servicios S.L., had been awarded the construction of phase 2 of the plant 's wastewater treatment plant area in San Benito, Petén .
The note sent by the Controller General of Accounts (CGC) to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources , Roxana Sobenes, which recommends cancelling the process reveals " ...
While the government is renewing 10 contracts worth $298 million and one single company gets 23%, many question the lack of competition in this area of public procurement.
Authorities from the Ministry of Public Finance indicated that with these renewals they will have enough medicine reserves for 2012 for the Ministry of Health, the Military Medical Center and the Guatemalan Social Security Institute.