Pikitup boss Amanda Nair controversially awarded a multimillion-rand tender to a firm implicated in alleged fraud in a forensic investigation. This is according to sources close to the matter, who said this was despite the bid adjudication committee (BAC) questioning the decision to award it to Aqua Transport Plant Hire, which was implicated in alleged wrong-doing in a forensic investigation by Ernst & Young. Pikitup forked out close to R6 million for Ernst & Young to conduct an investigation into several companies providing services to it. The investigation recommended that Aqua should be charged criminally for fraud because of alleged irregular activities, including suspected tender collusion. Ernst & Young said the company should also be made to pay back money it had overcharged Pikitup. The report reads in part: “Pikitup should consider recovering amounts totalling R428 041.90 that were overcharged in respect of goods and services supplied. “Consideration should be given to laying a criminal charge of fraud with SAPS in respect of an invoice for R97 920 submitted to Pikitup by Aqua for plant and equipment hire at various sites in April and May 2011 in circumstances where Pikitup employees acknowledged receipt of services, but plant was not actually delivered.” Despite the damning report seen by The Star, a three-year Yellow Plant tender worth R263m was awarded to Aqua in March this year. Aqua provides compactor machines that are used in Pikitup landfill sites to suppress rubbish and make it smaller.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:45:24 +0000
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