The court made an error in the contract for the Brno judiciary palace

Brno - The Brno Regional Court violated the public procurement law in connection with the controversial construction of a judicial palace in Brno. This was determined by the antimonopoly office (ÚOHS), which canceled the tender for furniture for the palace. CTK was informed today by the office's spokesperson, Kristián Chalupa. The court must select the furniture supplier for more than 60 million crowns again. The ÚOHS has not yet commented on the actual construction of the complex, but is also investigating the nearly two-billion contract.
    The decision is not yet final. However, the court, which is the contracting authority, will not appeal against it for timing reasons, said the court spokesperson Miroslava Sedláčková to CTK.
    "It is not a surprising decision, as the Ministry of Justice itself had doubts about the tender and therefore requested the Regional Court in Brno to cancel it," said the ministry's spokesperson Zuzana Steinerová. She reminded that the court unfortunately did not do so.
    The financing of the palace, which is the largest construction investment in the judiciary in the region, is also being investigated by the police. The Supreme Audit Office had previously pointed out mistakes. Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil recently filed a disciplinary complaint against the head of the Brno Regional Court, Jaromír Pořízek, primarily because the court did not finalize an addendum to the original contract with the construction company and also exceeded the established budget. Pořízek denied the allegations.
    The building, where the regional court and the Municipal Public Prosecutor's Office in Brno are to be located, was originally supposed to cost about 800 million. The ministry gradually increased the budget to 1.8 billion crowns. Due to construction work, the court also exceeded this amount by about 60 million crowns.
    Due to savings, some officials should receive furniture from current offices. However, the court plans to furnish a large part of the building with new furniture - the supplier should provide equipment for sixty meeting rooms, more than 400 offices, as well as hallways and facilities for employees and the public. According to the antimonopoly office, however, the court incorrectly established the conditions in the procurement procedure, thus preventing some interested parties from participating in the tender.