The Individual Respondent (“Respondent”) submitted a bid for a construction contract in a bidding process under the Disaster Risk Prevention and Mitigation Project (the “Program”) in Honduras. The Office of Institutional Integrity (“OII”) submitted a Statement of Charges and Evidence against the Respondent for allegedly engaging in a fraudulent practice related to the bidding process. OII’s specific allegation against the Respondent was that he misrepresented the financial capacity of the firm for which he has the legal representative in order to meet the requirements for the construction contract. Consequently, and in accordance with the Sanctions Procedures, the Sanctions Officer (“SO”) issued a Notice of Administrative Action to the Respondent. The Respondent did not submit a Response.

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 two (2) years, during which time the Respondent will be ineligible to participate or be awarded contracts for projects or activities financed by the Bank Group. In determining the sanction, the SO took into account, as a mitigating factor, that the prohibited practice did not adversely affect the implementation of the construction contract.

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.