Bogotá waste management tender under scrutiny
Colombia's attorney general's office and Bogotá's ombudsman's office will look into alleged irregularities in the US$1.6bn tender that awarded five concessions for the city's waste management services, city hall sources told RCN Radio.
This move forms part of another inquiry regarding the capital's handling of the week-long emergency that unfolded when workers of Aguas Bogotá, which previously handled waste management, went on strike and paralyzed waste collection in several parts of the city.
Alleged irregularities in the tender relate to the exclusion of 70% of local recyclers from the new system and the lack of technical requirements in the bidding documents.
Earlier this month, the attorney general requested waste collection tariffs to be cut for customers that were affected by the strike and subsequent emergency, stating that some inhabitants had their trash not removed for several days.
Sources from the ombudsman's office told RCN Radio that the investigation will target head of Bogotá's public services unit Beatriz Cardenas and two other, unnamed, officials from the same office.
Bogotá's new waste management system started operating last week.
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