The Ministry of abroad Affairs bought specialized equipment to defend meetings from spyware. The order was expected to be a secret for outsiders, but she wrote about it in an open paper of the ultimate Chamber of Control, stating that there was a breach of procedures - according to the findings of "Rzeczpospolita".
"135,6 1000 PLN gross, or 19,37 1000 PLN per part - so much MFA spent on 7 'failure devices illegal sound and image acquisition'. That's how it works. NIK analysis implementation of the state budget in 2024 in the 'foreign affairs' section - reads the journal.
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The paper notes that specified analyses of NIK are presented annually and concern the budgets of ministries and central offices. Possible irregularities most frequently concern procedural issues, e.g. accounting or procurement procedures. And in this context, NIK writes about the acquisition of devices.
Secret order of the MFA under the NIK. "Unlawful"
As the "Rz" indicates, according to the controllers, the contract was not awarded in accordance with the Rules of Procedure public procurement.
"The procedure to award this contract, contrary to the provisions of the Rules of Procedure, did not paper the activity of establishing the estimated value of this contract, did not discern the marketplace of possible contractors, nor was it documented by means of an application and protocol, how and on what basis the criteria for the selection of the tender was made" - NIK, quoted by "Rz".
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MFA Administration Office it was explained that the acquisition was specific, and before it was made, "it collected available information on functional and safety properties and estimated the value of the order based on the expert cognition of the Diplomatic safety Office and besides utilizing the experience of another awarding entities, including, inter alia, State Protection Services" - the paper continues.
It adds that the analysis provides information to identify the kind of equipment. "The equipment purchased by the Administration Office (...) prevents use of mobile phone au unauthorised acquisition of sound and imageand at the same time allows identification of incoming call. Additional advantages are its tiny size and the fact that it was designed and produced in Poland" - we read in the document, quoted in the journal.
