The National Audit Office (NAO) has identified numerous shortcomings in the construction process of the facility for the Nephrology and Hemato-Oncology Clinics at the University Hospital and Clinical Service of Kosovo (UHCSKUK) for the period 2018 - June 2025.
The audit report "Construction of the Nephrology and Hemato-Oncology Clinics Facility", published on Wednesday, assessed the construction process, starting from budgeting and planning, tendering procedures, to fund management and contract implementation.
The audit has identified deficiencies in budgeting, tendering and fund management, including inconsistency in budget planning for the construction of the facility, dual approach in drafting technical specifications, inconsistency between the technical documentation of the project and the preliminary estimate, deficiencies in the bid evaluation process during the tendering process and weaknesses in expenditure management.
The Auditor General, Vlora Spanca, emphasized that these shortcomings indicate the need for a more systematic approach and full respect for the legal framework in the implementation of projects, to increase accountability, transparency and integrity in the management of public funds.
The NAO has made five recommendations for improving processes:
1. Strengthening internal controls for budgeting harmonization and transparency of funds;
2. More effective control of requesting units and the procurement office for clear technical specifications;
3. Improving the control system during the preparation of the preliminary measure to harmonize the technical documentation with the project requirements;
4. Ensuring that tenders are considered responsive only when they comply with all requirements of the dossier;
5. Clear allocation of resources and expenses for each project and strengthening internal control mechanisms to identify errors at an early stage.
Statement by the acting Prime Minister when work began on the construction of the clinics: