📋 Tender Overview
The Office of the Comptroller General warned that the construction and improvement of the drinking water and sewerage system of the native communities, in the district of Awajun, province of Rioja, is being carried out with deficiencies in relation to the conformation of the landfill, the compaction process of material for the installation of PVC pipes and the foundation plate of the reservoir. which would generate non-compliance with the technical specifications, affecting the quality and useful life of the work, whose investment cost is S/ 36,754,680.
In a physical inspection visit to the work carried out on December 11 and 12, the control commission showed that the trench has a high water table and the material extracted from it is saturated with a high humidity index, so it is used for filling with the risk of not reaching the optimal degree of compaction.
The Control Milestone Report No. 29378-2023-CG/GRSM-SCC indicates that as the days go by, the filling with wet material would leave sinkholes (holes), a situation that does not comply with the stipulations of the technical specifications of the project.
Likewise, cracks were evidenced in the foundation plate of the 75 m3 reservoir in the Native Community (CC.NN) Río Soritor, while the columns and abutments have concrete burrs (excess material that protrudes irregularly) and do not have an adequate distribution of steels.
The control commission also identified that the contractor valued 100% of the item corresponding to the provisional camp for warehouses and guards, despite not being executed. This fact shows that the communal premises of the Río Soritor Native Community have been used as a construction warehouse.
Other deficiencies identified are that the contractor did not adequately signal the work fronts, does not comply with the health and safety standard and puts the physical integrity of personnel and passers-by at risk. In addition, it carries out pipe installation work in trenches greater than two meters deep without the corresponding safety measures, which could lead to accidents with fatal consequences for workers.
The execution of the balance of work of the aforementioned project began on October 14, 2023 and its purpose is to improve the quality of life of the population, environmental and sanitary conditions, as well as minimize the environmental impact on the environment of the area of influence of the project with emphasis on the reduction of the incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, parasitic and dermal diseases. The completion of the project is scheduled for December 06, 2024.
The concurrent control report, which covered the period from December 14 to 20, 2023, was timely notified to the head of the District Municipality of Awajún so that the appropriate corrective actions could be taken to ensure the achievement of the project's objectives.
