When Joseph Fidanque III took over as general manager of Tocumen S.A, he promised that all purchases of goods and services would be perform for the public tender and not by direct contracts.
However, Tocumen SA, only from November 2015 to January 2016 made 30 direct contracts totaling 1 million 303 thousand 424 US dollars.
The acquisitions of the company's state capital ranging from car rental, purchase of air tickets, holiday decorations, national holiday, with law firms, repair, seminars, equipment, among others.
In that quarterly period, Tocumen S.A hired three law firms, totaling $119,550, for legal issues.
The first was for $64,200 to Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz and Aleman (Igra) for consulting development of technical regulations of logistics in the cargo terminal.
Then he hired the law firm directly Tapia, Linares and Alfaro for $ 70,000 for counseling for vice president of Tocumen SA
After the signing Alfaro, Ferrer and Ramirez was hired by $ 5.350 to meet a list of demands of the workers of Tocumen International Airport.
For the consumption of food and beverage employees of the state company and other restaurant he was contracted to the mainland by a total of 68,017 US dollars.
Similarly, the company Panadoy Engineering S.A. It was contracted by $63,54.67 to improve facilities rescue station and firefighting at the International Airport of Tocumen.
In less than two months, the company aerotop had two direct contracts totaling 73 thousand 252 US dollars in order to carry out the national holiday decorations and Christmas last year.
Meanwhile, Tocumen SA hired Systems and Designs S.A. by $125,999.95 to install counters attendance in waiting rooms of north Pier of Tocumen International Airport. Inc.
The company Panama Waste Magnament scored a direct contract 204,834 dollars for collection, transportation and disposal of garbage.
In the amount of 87,312 US dollars he was hired to Eco-Septic Panama company for waste collection service of manholes, grease traps and pipe cleaning at the airport of Tocumen.
It included Corive company for design and construction of the offices of the Union of Tocumen Airport, in the amount of 83,783 US dollars.
In the recent past, Tocumen SA He hired directly to the insurance company ASSA per 1 million 957 thousand 753 US dollars.
A director of ASSA and Copa Airlines is Stanley Motta, campaign donor of President Juan Carlos Varela, while Fidanque III was manager of the airline before working on Tocumen SA
