A report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday accuses the Transport Bureau (DSAT) of tampering with the procedure of open tendering in the outsourcing of public car parks management services, as well as the bureau’s “defective” internal monitoring mechanism.
According to the hard-hitting report, DSAT officials have been splitting the cost of public car park management services below 750,000 patacas and limiting the duration of the respective service contracts to under six months in order to avoid having to sign statutory “operation agreements”, and also to evade the legal procedure of open tendering.
Decree Law No. 122/84/M stipulates that projects costing more than 750,000 patacas and lasting six months or more need to be put out to public tender, and a statutory operation agreement must be signed.
This photo taken yesterday shows the entrance of Nam Van Car Park, one of the city’s 46 public car parks. Photo: Annie Cheung
