The AMLO government awarded 74% of the contracts without bidding

Three months after its management, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador directly attributed 74.3% of the registered contracts. at Compranet, reported Mexicanos Contra the Corrupción y Impunidad (MCCI).

In a statement, the organization said that out of 28,458 contracts downloaded on the platform, only 18.3% used the call for public offerings and in 7%, "restricted invitation".

"Over the 116 days of operation of this government, a recurring pattern of public resource exercise has been configured as follows: Direct prices or restricted invitation it goes against the spirit of the Constitution and its principles, "the agency said.

Example of these awards, he said, are the study contracts for the Maya train for a total of 90.8 million pesos; the acquisition of 671 gas supply pipes for 1 765 million pesos or seven Pemex contracts "Restricted invitation" for 44,000 million pesos.

"International studies indicate that one of the main tools of close the window of government corruption opportunities is the adoption of the open tender method of bidding and transparent, "said MCCI.

With EPN also: 7 out of 10 contracts were awarded directly

During the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto Seven out of ten contracts signed with the top 1,000 government suppliers were awarded directly.

Figures that IMCO also shared and developed with the Corruption Risk Index: the Mexican Public Procurement System ", in which 700,000 procurement procedures were badyzed.

Contracts awarded by direct award they represent 31% of the 2.3 billion pesos contracted between 2012 and 2016.

"The fact that 71% of contracts are awarded directly tells me that all agencies abuse the term exception and they are already using it as a general rule, "said Max Kaiser, Director of Anticorruption at IMCO.

The three variables that warn against the risks of corruption: lack of competition, transparency and the existence of various anomalies.

These factors, according to the methodology implemented by the IMCO commission, make it possible to determine the level of risk, since corruption is conducive in the absence of competition or transparency.

"Here we do not prove that there was any corruption, we test that it was contracted with a high level of risk: with little competition, little transparency and with many anomalies, "said Kaiser.

The five entities that are most at risk of corruption are the CFE, ISSSTE, IMSS, Airport and Auxiliary Services (ASA) and TBS.

Then follow Prospera, Liconsa, the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Environment.