Data-SKUP 2021

When the pandemic hit Romania, one of the first measures taken by the government during the emergency situation was to prolong the term for answering to FOIA requests. This was the first sign that something bad was happening. When covid vaccination started, the government bought syringes from Qatar, through a private Romanian company. The acquisition procedure was not transparent. A military plane which had transported soldiers to a NATO mission in Iraq to fight terrorism, brought the medical devices in the country . According to the experts, the Army’s involvement in the transport of syringes, although not stipulated in the initial contract, vitiated the public procurement procedure.
Published procurement data exposes how hospitals bought syringes on their own, at a lower price. The company that won the governmental contract made over half a million profit. The estimated profit from this contract equals almost 80 percent of the company’s accumulated profit in 8 years of existence.