During 2021, 14 processes were published in the State Procurement System for the purchase of spare parts, but only seven were awarded. The rest were declared void or were annulled.
After four years of its opening, and two of neglect, part of the maintenance of the Casa Grande del Pueblo costs 1.5 million bolivianos. This figure does not include the contracts that are still pending, those that have been canceled and some that have been declared void.
Between August and December 2021, the Ministry of the Presidency published, in the State Contracting System (Sicoes), 14 contracts referring to the maintenance of government infrastructure. Of these, seven were awarded and six were declared void or canceled from the call.
The purpose of the contract is the purchase of supplies for the maintenance of the electrical system, the hydro-sanitary system, the façade or the heating. The number of contracts and their value is lower compared to those made in 2019, when all the floors and offices of the building were still equipped and put into operation.
Although the building is still new, it is highly used and already generates several complaints. Some of them are due to the detachment of the facade and certain damage to the hydro-sanitary system.
two years of carelessness
The government building was inaugurated on August 8, 2018. Its construction was declared a national priority in 2012, through Law 313. The contract that began the works, in 2015, stipulated that the 29-story building and a heliport should be delivered in 2016.
However, the terms and costs changed in five modified contracts. Between the first and the last there is a difference of 9.9 million Bolivians.
For its equipment and decoration, more than 34 million Bolivians were allocated. The amount included a bed of more than 21,000 bolivianos and dishes of more than 33,000.
The then president, Evo Morales, promoter of the project, occupied the presidential floor and governed from that building until his resignation in 2019.
After his departure, former temporary president Jeanine Añez decided to return the presidential offices and rooms to the former Government Palace and the San Jorge residence, respectively. Only the floors that housed five ministries remained in operation.
It was during the hard times of the pandemic that it was decided to install a control and coordination center for the fight against covid in Morales' suite, and on floors 22 and 23.
From the beginning of the transition in November 2019, until its departure in November 2020, there were no purchases of supplies or services for maintenance.
These were not taken up again until the second half of 2021, during the Luis Arce administration. The president returned the presidential offices to the new premises. It should be noted that Arce does not reside in the suite of the Casa Grande del Pueblo or in the residence of San Jorge. He preferred to keep his home in Miraflores, within the framework of his austerity policy.
After four years of its opening, and two of neglect, part of the maintenance of the Casa Grande del Pueblo costs 1.5 million bolivianos. This figure does not include the contracts that are still pending, those that have been canceled and some that have been declared void.
Between August and December 2021, the Ministry of the Presidency published, in the State Contracting System (Sicoes), 14 contracts referring to the maintenance of government infrastructure. Of these, seven were awarded and six were declared void or canceled from the call.
The purpose of the contract is the purchase of supplies for the maintenance of the electrical system, the hydro-sanitary system, the façade or the heating. The number of contracts and their value is lower compared to those made in 2019, when all the floors and offices of the building were still equipped and put into operation.
Although the building is still new, it is highly used and already generates several complaints. Some of them are due to the detachment of the facade and certain damage to the hydro-sanitary system.
two years of carelessness
The government building was inaugurated on August 8, 2018. Its construction was declared a national priority in 2012, through Law 313. The contract that began the works, in 2015, stipulated that the 29-story building and a heliport should be delivered in 2016 .
However, the terms and costs changed in five modified contracts. Between the first and the last there is a difference of 9.9 million Bolivians.
For its equipment and decoration, more than 34 million Bolivians were allocated. The amount included a bed of more than 21,000 bolivianos and dishes of more than 33,000.
The then president, Evo Morales, promoter of the project, occupied the presidential floor and governed from that building until his resignation in 2019.
After his departure from him, former temporary president Jeanine Añez decided to return the presidential offices and rooms to the former Government Palace and the San Jorge residence, respectively. Only the floors that housed five ministries remained in operation.
It was during the hard times of the pandemic that it was decided to install a control and coordination center for the fight against covid in Morales' suite, and on floors 22 and 23.
From the beginning of the transition in November 2019, until his departure from him in November 2020, there were no purchases of supplies or services for maintenance.
These were not taken up again until the second half of 2021, during the Luis Arce administration. The president returned the presidential offices to the new premises. It should be noted that Arce does not reside in the suite of the Casa Grande del Pueblo or in the residence of San Jorge. He preferred to keep his home in Miraflores, within the framework of his austerity policy.
