The National Office for Centralized Acquisitions (ONAC), an institution in which Raed Afarat is among the people with decision-making positions in "running and finalizing the award procedure", launched on October 8 a procedure to purchase 500 oxygen concentrators large capacity, each at a price of 9,000 lei, approximately 1,821 euros, amounts in which the necessary accessories are also provided.Globally, the demand for such medical devices has decreased, but the Romanian state is willing to pay almost double the amount compared to last year.It is about a contract worth 4.5 million lei, which means approximately 911,000 euros.Among the companies that participated in the contract negotiation, without prior publication, was Deltamed, which is said to be owned by a former college classmate of Raed Arafat, which also won a €1,130,000 contract last year.Along with this, 11 other companies that deal with the sale of such sanitary appliances also participated.The company that ends up winning the contract worth 4.5 million lei could make a profit of 50% since the cost per oxygen concentrator is about 1,000 euros, but ONAC pays about 2,000 euros per piece."Deltamed sold it in January for 1,130 euros, the same concentrator with 25 sets.If in January you gave it for 1,130 euros, (...) 9,000 lei can be a lot", declared romaniatv.net sources, who know directly the situation of the contract in question.At the deadline set by ONAC, five companies submitted their bids, namely: Air Liquide Vitalaire Romania, Deltamed SRL, SC UNIC MEDICAL CONSULTING SRL, LINDE GAZ ROMANIA SRL and MEDICAL GAZPLUS SRL.The "dirty affairs" deepen, however, against the background of some "technical" problems - as invoked by ONAC.On October 20, ONAC requested a price offer from the five firms mentioned above, as well as the stock they have at their disposal, as set out in the document below.But things went awry.Despite the fact that the pandemic situation in Romania is worsening day by day, and the authorities have drawn attention to the fact that disaster is knocking on our door, ONAC canceled the procedure the next day."They canceled the procedure, after which they sent an email to the 12 companies to tell them which concentrators they have in stock.They didn't even receive answers from most of them, after which they resumed the procedure and published it the next day", specified the cited sources.The context in which the action took place raises a lot of question marks because the medical equipment in connection with which ONAC requested information - it is about an OLV 10 oxygen concentrator, produced by a Chinese company from Henan province - is the same as the one that Deltamed sold it to the Romanian state in 2020. It's just that the rest of the companies that responded to ONAC's request proposed lower prices and a delivery time - the highlight!- faster.ONAC cited, however, technical problems, specifically the fact that certain parameters were not respected - last year, however, it seems that the parameters were good.On October 21, ONAC initiated another procurement procedure.This time, the procedure provides for the purchase of a number of 440 oxygen concentrators, under new conditions."The minimum quantity offered will be 1 pc.and will include the accessories: 25 Hepa filters, 25 oxygen nasal cannulas and 25 humidifying bowls for each piece offered, the bidder not being conditioned by the maximum quantity of the framework agreement.3", the invitation to participate obtained by the quoted source states.Since a quantity of over 400 concentrators cannot be provided to Romania in a very short time, ONAC is accused of having acted "in a confusing manner"."The rules change from one day to the next, and companies have to find exactly that device.And not only the device, but a certain manufacturer who can make available in a short time more than 400 pieces, have them in stock in one or two days, plus all the consumables 12,500 sets of consumables – cannula, filter and the humidifier.Most of it is imported from China.90% of the equipment is from China.Westerners also from China have the consumables and often the devices themselves are also produced in China under Western European brands", informed specialists in the field, consulted by romaniatv.net.The way in which ONAC managed this situation in the context of the cancellation of the procedure, as well as the daily tragedies in Romania that require emergency interventions, raises a lot of suspicions."When they started the "auction", no one had them (the concentrators, ed.), but since they started the "auction", which they later canceled, someone could organize and sell them in a plane," said sources involved in the process.According to the quoted source, in the evaluation of the offers submitted to ONAC, in 70% of the cases the price is given, while in only 30% of the situations the priority is represented by the delivery term.The same sources mentioned that, normally, the companies that should win in such a situation are the ones that can ensure the delivery of the oxygen concentrators in "minimum two days", despite the fact that in the procurement procedure it was stipulated that "the term delivery time will be a maximum of 15 calendar days"."In two weeks they can be done.In two weeks, a serious manufacturer does (the delivery).If you prepared your things ahead of time and brought them to the country, those two days (for delivery) are nothing.The problem is not the manufacturer, but the stock.To find a manufacturer who is capable in a relatively short period of time to produce so many pieces and those very many accessories", said the specialists in the field of medical procurement."The transport of such equipment would involve almost 150,000 dollars, but the company that would win the purchase initiated by ONAC would make a profitable business, as long as the costs for the transport and purchase of the oxygen concentrators would reach almost 500,000 dollars, i.e. 2.1 million of lei", say romaniatv.net sources.The difference in money up to the amount of 4.5 million lei represents the profit of the company benefiting from the contract.The winner of the contract worth 4.5 million lei, approximately 911,000 euros, will be publicly announced on Tuesday, October 26.We remind you that such a situation also occurred in 2020, when the company Deltamed SRL, led byThe same thing happened in December 2020 when Deltamed SRL, led by businessman Dan Gorgan from Cluj, who is said to have been a college colleague of Raed Arafat - although the head of DSU denies the accusations - won a contract worth 1,130,000 of euros for the purchase of oxygen concentrators.ONAC, an institution subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, did not organize a tender and justified the award of the contract "without prior publication of an invitation to a competitive bidding procedure", citing "extreme urgency caused by events that could not be foreseen".It should be mentioned that Dan Gorgan donated over two million lei to the foundation, and according to the quoted source, the company Deltamed SRL sold almost 1,300 ambulances to the Ministry of Health in 2010.© 2022 EVENT OF THE DAY - All rights reserved.