Kasco Ltd, owned by Keith Schembri, was last year awarded a tender worth €85,000 to supply Enemalta with photocopy paper for two years.
At the time, the State energy company was under the political wing of Minister without Portfolio, Konrad Mizzi, who then was responsible for health and energy.
Asked whether it was normal for the government-controlled energy provider to buy such large amounts of paper, a spokesman for Enemalta said it was “normal”.
“The indicated framework agreement was reached following a call for tenders issued by Enemalta through the Department of Contracts, in line with applicable procurement procedures,” the spokesman said.
Apart from Mr Schembri’s company there were four other bidders. However, Kasco had the cheapest offer.
“Five suppliers submitted bids to provide Enemalta with the indicated paper requirements,” the spokesman said. “Each bid was reviewed by the evaluation committee and the selected offer was the cheapest one submitted. The same supplier [Kasco Ltd] has been supplying the entity with paper, through competitive procedures, since at least 2009,” Enemalta said.
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