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Incop Failed To Adequately Inspect Works at
Caldera Port
Costa Rica's Contraloría
General de la República (Comptroller's
Office) has determined that the Instituto
Costarricense de Puertos del Pacífico (Incop)
- Pacific ports institute - failed to
carry out an adequate inspection of the
Caldera port concessionaire, Sociedad
Portuaria de Caldera (SPC).
By law, Incop must ensure that ongoing
expansion and maintenance works at the
facility, budgeted at us$4.34 million, are
being carried out in compliance with the
concession contract.
In its report, the Contraloría said Incop
approved SPC's infrastructure maintenance
plan 20 months after the scheduled date,
following numerous revisions to the program
by both parties.
"Although us$567,910 was allocated for
inspection duties in 2008, Incop has not
carried out these tasks in a timely fashion.
The entity has not verified whether the
construction process and the quality of
construction materials comply with the
technical and financial requirements," the
report said.
Another finding is that some activities,
under a consultancy contract, to strengthen
inspection and control units took 18 months
to complete, although the original timeframe
was six months.
The Contraloría instructed Incop to improve
its internal procedures and to demand that
the concessionaire comply with the contract,
as well as carry out timely inspection and
control duties.
In addition, the authority said a technical
control unit from the government's
inspection department must ensure that a
definitive timetable is established to
monitor the completion of consultancy
activities.
Incop officials have yet to comment.
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