Raphael Ugazexecutive director of the Agency for the Promotion of Private Investment (Proinversión), assured that in 2022 his office will promote a more flexible award process, as well as the start-up of project management offices (PMO) to speed up construction of works required by the population.
As part of his presentation before the Special Multiparty Pro-Investment Commission of Congress, Ugaz said he expects greater precision in the competencies of the entities in charge of defining the viability of the projects in the portfolio, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Comptroller’s Office.
“We are looking at the possibility of implementing PMOs in the sectors to strengthen the capacity of the sectors at an early stage. The idea of the PMO is to accompany the sector from the planning and programming stage, through formulation, structuring, transaction and contractual execution. This would be very valuable because it would give continuity to the processes”, he referred.
“The opinions that we receive from the other actors are not consistent because some go further or enter the fields of competence of others,” the official added.
Meanwhile, the director of decentralized investments at Proinversión, Denisse Miralles, highlighted the improvement in the process of awarding small projects through the mechanism of works for taxes (OxI). As a result, since 2009, 205 projects have been completed and another 249 are currently under execution.
“In 2019, 58 OxI were executed with an investment of S/ 619 million. In 2022 there will be eight projects for S/ 97 million”, Miralles specified.
Finally, the executive director of the Authority for Reconstruction with Changes (ARCC), Amalia Moreno, proposed the creation of PMOs in State entities so that a single efficient and transparent model is maintained in the adjudication and execution of public works. In this line, she recognized that the regulations for State contracting could be simplified to speed it up.
“We should be concerned about what rules we repeal, there is too much regulation. Our procurement policy does not go beyond three sheets where it tells you what has to be done in general criteria to make a contract, and we have no complaints of corruption or doubts about the transparency with what we have done, “he defended.
Source: Larepublica
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