The affair with the remains/DP's denunciation: Durrës Municipality gave millions of euros to the company under seizure by SPAK

2025-10-25 11:23:00, Politikë CNA

The affair with the remains/DP's denunciation: Durrës Municipality

The Anti-Corruption Spokesperson for the Democratic Party, Genta Vangjeli, has denounced the dumping of urban waste in Durrës.

In a press statement, Vangjeli stated that in 2021, the Municipality of Durrës has entered into a negotiated contract without advertising with the company Integrated Energy BV SPV, worth around 13.5 million euros for a four-year term, for the expected amount of 320 thousand tons of waste.

According to Vangjeli, the Municipality of Durrës has again announced the winner of the same company this year, for another procurement procedure without prior announcement.

Vangjeli stated that this tender raises several questions, such as the lack of transparency or suspicions of abuses with procurement procedures.

Genta Vangjeli's statement

The disposal of urban waste in Durrës has become another suspected corruption story, with contracts lacking transparency and millions of euros ending up in the accounts of a company that is under seizure due to investigations by SPAK.

On October 8, 2021, the Municipality of Durrës concluded a negotiated contract without advertisement with the company Integrated Energy BV SPV, worth approximately 13.5 million euros for a four-year term, for the expected amount of 320 thousand tons of waste.

Following the scandal with the non-existent incinerator and the criminal complaint filed by the opposition, SPAK launched investigations into the company Integrated Energy BV SPV, which is currently under preventive seizure.

Despite this situation, on October 14, 2025, the Municipality of Durrës again announced the same company as the winner, for another procurement procedure - again with negotiation without prior publication of a contract notice - with the object 'Urban waste disposal, Municipality of Durrës', with a limit fund of 6.2 million euros for a 3-year term. The winning value was 100% of the limit fund, or about 7.4 million euros with VAT.

This tender raises some serious questions:

Lack of transparency - there is no information on the expected amount of waste or the technical specifications of the service.

Suspicions of abuse of procurement procedures - the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication is not legally justified.

According to Article 47 of the Public Procurement Law, this procedure is permitted only in special cases, such as lack of valid bids, technical reasons for the impossibility of competition, or extreme unforeseen needs - none of these conditions are applicable in the specific case.

Financial discrepancy - in the 2021 contract, the value was around 2.8 million euros per year, while in the 2025 tender it goes to around 2 million euros per year. There is no explanation as to whether this difference is related to the reduction in the amount of waste or to other reasons.

The Democratic Party asks SPAK to urgently investigate these contracts, which - according to the Supreme State Audit - do not guarantee financial sustainability, as the revenues generated do not cover the costs of the service.

Even more worrying is the fact that waste incineration is not carried out, as the incinerator does not exist.

This is yet another proof of how Edi Rama's government and the municipalities under his leadership continue to waste public funds in the service of corrupt affairs, at the expense of citizens./CNA