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RFE / RL: The Ministry of Defense is buying razor wire to fence the centers for migrants
The Ministry of Defense of Serbia is buying almost 2.5 tons of razor wire for fencing the reception centers for the accommodation of migrants and the centers for the accommodation of asylum seekers, it is stated in the published public procurement invitation.
According to the documentation published by the Ministry of Defense on May 15, in addition to the 700-millimeter-thick razor wire, 1,521 meters of ribbed iron in 20-millimeter-thick bars and 50 kilograms of galvanized binding wire are also subject to public procurement.
The military post office in Kraljevo is listed as the ordering party, and the procurement is being conducted as a negotiated procedure.
Radio Free Europe has so far not received an answer from the Ministry of Defense to the question why the razor wire is placed around the centers and exactly which centers will be fenced.
As it is stated, due to “exceptional urgency caused by extraordinary circumstances or unforeseen events, the occurrence of which in no case depends on the will of the ordering party, the ordering party could not act within the deadlines set for open or restrictive procedure”.
It is also added that the Army received a task that it does not normally perform in peace, and it refers to the provision of Reception Centers and Centers for Asylum of Migrants on the territory of Serbia “and according to the mentioned fact 2020”.
The deadline for submitting the bid is, as it is pointed out, May 21.
The documentation also states that the bidder is obliged to offer a warranty period of at least 12 months.
The director of the Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers, Rados Djurovic, says for RFE that it is unclear why the Serbian Army is engaged in providing asylum centers and reception centers for migrants, because it does not have the authority to do so.
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