The new feminized road signs that the City of Geneva has deployed on its territory are still in the ink. Several critics or questions have reached our editorial staff concerning the award of this contract. For all intents and purposes, let us remember that this operation cost the Municipality 56,000 francs, taken from the town hall budget of Sandrine Salerno. This sum includes “production and installation costs”, ensure the municipal authorities. As for the design, it was done “in-house”. The installation and manufacture of a single panel therefore costs 224 francs.
1. The company that manufactured these panels is a Vaud company.
True and false. It is society traceroute which has been mandated by the City of Geneva to produce 250 traffic signs. If its head office is located in Mont-sur-Lausanne, the company has a branch in Meyrin.
2. There was no call for tenders strictly speaking.
True. And for good reason, below 150,000 francs, the City of Geneva is not required to open an AIMP procedure (editor’s note: intercantonal agreement on public procurement). A more complex procedure that lasts longer.
3. The City of Geneva has not put companies in competition.
True. The person responsible for the process, project manager within the Municipality, decided to collaborate with a company she already knew, explains the mayor of the City. “A relationship of trust was established with this company. We knew that his work was of excellent quality and that the deadlines were going to be respected. ”According to our information, the Municipality has the habit of soliciting several companies for amounts exceeding 50,000 francs.
4. Geneva businesses were cheaper.
Impossible to say for the time being. The city’s chief financial officer said she had learned that other companies could have offered lower prices. “We still have to verify that they could have met our deadlines, and especially that they do not practice wage dumping.”
Created: 21.01.2020, 20h43
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