Significant delays in the implementation of contracts for the modernization projects of the OSE were found in its latest report. Audit Conferencethe supreme court, which oversees all management of public money.

As can be seen from the report on the implementation of contracts for the modernization of the railway network from 2017 to 2021 (this period is covered by the report), there were significant delays, which in some cases were up to 2.5 times compared to the initial project completion forecast. project.

In particular, during the inspections by the Supreme Court of 24 state bodies, during which a total of 1162 projects were inspected, including many projects of ERGOSE SA, many violations and delays were noticed.

As stated in the OSE project report, in some cases it was found that some of the required studies were not prepared prior to the tendering of projects, were not updated or contained errors, in particular with regard to existence and exact location. engineering networks of organizations and preliminary measurements of work, the need to correct which caused delays.

In fact, the Accounts Chamber emphasizes that “in the railway network modernization project, the failure to prepare a fire protection study and a traffic safety implementation study for the safe movement of trains before the tender resulted in a delay of 5 months.”

Elsewhere, Accounts Chamber advisers cite significant delays as “necessary preliminary work was not carried out before the project was put up for bidding, and in many cases projects were put up for bidding without the necessary permits and approvals being issued.”

For example, they refer to a project to modernize the railway network “which was carried out after the terminated contract, and there was a significant delay until the completion of the registration of works performed with the terminated contract, while problems also arose during the process of accepting and using the materials service, which will be integrated into the project.

The report of the Accounts Chamber indicates that 140 state projects were selected. According to the conclusion of the inspection: “Very long delays in the performance of public works were found. Delays were granted to 2/3 of all projects (in 779 out of 1162 projects), while the implementation of these projects took an average of 2.5 times longer than originally estimated.