The controversy generated by the UNOPS's decision to prevent access to files on the road works for which it is responsible has led the government to refrain from granting new projects in the future.
Possibly as a result of the refusal of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to make public the project files and the subsequent cancellation of contracts by the Comptroller General, the Ministry of Public Works has decided not to continue with the assistance of the international organization in future projects.
In Costa Rica, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic decided to cancel the contracts for two UNOPS road construction projects, after it decided to keep secret the files with the details of these contracts.
The decision by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to hide the details of the contracts for the two road construction projects assigned to it by the National Road Council (Conavo) cost state coffers dearly.
In Costa Rica, the National Road Safety Council has signed a confidentiality agreement with the UNOPS to keep information on two publicly funded road construction projects a secret.
The Government of Guatemala plans to delegate to the United Nations Office for Project Services the supervision and execution of road works valued at more than $500 million.
The fate of road projects essential for the development of Guatemala could be as bad as some of those in Costa Rica, which have also been delegated to the United Nations Office of Projects (UNOPS).See "Challenges to the work of UNOPS".
"After two years the results are not the expected and, in fact, delays in the projects correspond to the typical obstructions and slow management that we are used to with public entities."
EDITORIAL
The actions of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) never cease to amaze. Its representatives in the country not only set out an impossible series of obstacles when the Comptroller General of the Republic requested to review the file on the contract for the new bridge over the Virilla River, on route 32, but now, a week after the request was made, UNOPS is ignoring the Comptroller's order.The entity had established a period of 24 hours for the delivery of the information.
Institutions such as the UNOPS, which supposedly come here to do what the locals can not, should be paid per piece of work for they finish, and not allowed to justify their failures with the same old excuses.
EDITORIAL By Jorge Cobas González
An entrepreneur earns when his business is successful.If it fails to capture a minimum market share and then maintain it, the investment made is lost, and the monthly income established by the performance of its business activities is also lost.Employers charge for their work and earn profits only while the company is successful.The same is true of private-company employees: their wages are tied to company earnings and profits.
The agreement between the Conavi and the UNOPS to execute the works related to the radial road to Lindora, has received approval from the Comptroller General of the Republic.
From a statement issued by the Comptroller General of the Republic:
The Administrative Procurement Division of the CGR (attached office) has endorsed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the National Highway Council (CONAVI) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), in the amount of $8,539,322.00 dollars for works related to the radial road to Lindora.
The consortium made up of the Costa Rican firm MECO and the Mexican firms Cal y Mayor y Asociados and Mexpresa has won the contract to design and build a bridge between Panama and Costa Rica, over the Sixaola River.
Thetenderconsists of the design and construction of a binational bridge over the river Sixaola, and construction is scheduled to begin in late February 2017. The new binational bridge will have one lane in each direction, and will include bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways.It is expected that the new border structure will be in service in the first quarter of 2018.
Costa Rica is putting out to tender construction of a three lane vehicular bridge on the river Virilla on National Route No. 32, on the border between the provinces of San José and Heredia.
Tender ITB-CRPC-90413-2016-002 convened by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS):
Costa Rica is putting out to tender construction of a bridge over the river Virilla on Route 147, on the border between the provinces of San José and Alajuela.
Government Purchase Costa Rica ITB-CRPC-90413-2016-001, through the Office of the UN Project Services (UNOPS):
It has been announced that designs for two bridges over the Virilla River on Route 32 and in Santa Ana are now ready and the specifications are being prepared to tender the construction works.
The bidding process will be run by the Office of Project Services of the UN (UNOPS).
A call has been made for expressions of interest for the design, consulting and construction of potable water and sewers in community water systems in Costa Rica.
The Office of Project Services of the United Nations (UNOPS) is calling for expressions of interest for the project "Strengthening capacities of Associations of Rural Water Supply (ASADAS) in order to address climate change risks in communities with water stress in the North of Costa Rica".
The country that once had the best institutions in Central America is now hiring an agency of the UN created to solve problems in countries lacking those institutions.
EDITORIAL
With full confidence, senior officials responsible for public infrastructure projects have justified the award of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), indicating that through this measure they will be able to sidestep the control exercised by the Comptroller General of the Republic over the award and performance of government contracts.
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