MTA, a company under the Ministry of Economy, has signed a 90.5 million contract with the Italian company TechnoAlpin to host the 2023 International Championship.
The value of the contract is GEL 9.4 million less compared to the price of the company's previous offer - GEL 99.9 million. The acceptance of proposals for the purchase was announced in March, and then the estimated price of the project was GEL 137.8 million.
It is significant that the company DemacLenko, part of the LEITHER HTI group, had a critical note regarding this purchase, which issued a statement in May that this tender was probably tailored to TechnoAlpin.
In February 2023, Bakuriani should host the Skiing and Snowboarding World Championships. In order to host the championship, the Georgian government is building a multi-million dollar infrastructure at the site, one of the most important components of which is the artificial snowmaking system.
Demaclenko's lawyer Kakha Kozhoridze declares that the company continues to take legal action because there are doubts about the existence of unclear deals in the tender.
"We are involved, we provide legal assistance and we have requested the government's decree, the initial doubts and claims that existed still remain - there is no public information on the website. We applied to the audit service, our statement has been prepared and will be submitted to the competition agency.
Demaklenko continues the legal dispute and will fight until the end. Alleged illegal interests were identified. The rest depends on the law enforcement agencies," said Kakha Kozhoridze.
