The Individual Respondent (“Respondent”) represented a company that was a member of a consortium, which participated in a bidding process carried out under the Multipurpose Drinking Water and Irrigation Program for the Municipalities of Batallas, Pucarani and El Alto (the “Program”). 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 Program. OII’s specific accusation was that the Respondent presented a false certificate to satisfy the requirement for signing the contract and obtain the corresponding financial benefit. Consequently, and in accordance with the Sanctions Procedures, the Sanctions Officer (“SO”) issued a Notice of Administrative Action (“Notice”) to the Respondent. The Respondent did not submit a Response to the Notice.

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 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.