The Individual Respondent (“Respondent”) was the legal representative of a company that was a member of a consortium, which participated in a bidding process under the Strategic Public Transportation Systems Program (the “Program”). The Office of Institutional Integrity (“OII”) submitted a Statement of Charges and Evidence against the Respondent and the other parties constituting the consortium for allegedly engaging in a fraudulent practice related to the Program. OII accused the Respondent of submitting false information regarding the personnel that would carry out the work, in order to meet the requirements established in the bidding documents and qualify for the award of a construction contract. Consequently, and in accordance with the Sanctions Procedures, the Sanctions Officer (“SO”) issued a Notice of Administrative Action (“Notice”) to the Respondent. In the Response to the Notice, the Respondent denied the allegations presented by OII.

The SO determined that it was more likely than not that the Respondent engaged in a fraudulent practice. As a result, the SO imposed a sanction of debarment for a period of three (3) years, during which time the Respondent will be ineligible to participate or be awarded contracts in for projects or activities financed by the Bank Group.

In accordance with the Sanctions Procedures, the sanction imposed entered into force immediately and the Bank provided notice of this declaration of ineligibility to the other Multilateral Development Banks that are a party to the Agreement for Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions.