불구속 기소된 이들은 지난 2019년 행정안전부의 공모사업으로 진행된 ‘소통협력공간조성사업’의 입찰 과정에서 부정행위에 연루된 혐의를 받고 있다.
검찰은 지난 달 말 이들을 재판에 넘기고, 1명에 대해서는 기소유예 처분을 내렸다.
대전경찰청 반부패경제범죄수사대는 지난해 10월, 입찰비리 혐의로 9명 중 7명을 검찰에 불구속 송치하고 2명은 불송치 처분했다.
경찰은 또한, 입찰 과정에서 편의를 제공받은 업체 3곳의 낙찰금액 약 7억 원에 대해 기소 전 추징보전 신청을 진행했다. 이 사건은 지난해 3월 대전시청에 대한 압수수색을 통해 본격적으로 수사가 시작됐다.
대전시는 ‘소통협력공간조성사업’의 1차년도 사업에서 혁신센터 출범에 실패하자, 대전사회적자본지원센터(사자센터)에게 사업을 진행하도록 하고 입찰을 실시했다.
당시 긴급 공고된 ‘리빙랩’ 사업에서는 A업체가 단독 응찰했으나 유찰되었고, 이후 재공고를 통해 A업체와 D업체가 경쟁하게 되었다. A업체는 2억7500만원에 우선협상대상자로 선정되었고, D업체는 협상평가 부적격자로 분류되었다.
이 사업의 심사위원으로 참여한 G씨는 소통협력공간조성사업 공모 계획서 작성에 도움을 준 인물로 확인되었으며, 다른 사업에서도 유사한 방식으로 입찰업체와 심사위원으로 만난 인물들이 있었다. 이들은 시민단체에서 친분이 있던 관계자들로, 입찰 과정에서의 공정성에 의문을 제기하고 있다.
또한, 10월에 공고된 다른 행사에서는 B업체가 8700만 원에 우선협상대상자로 지정되었고, E업체는 협상평가 부적격자로 평가되었다.
E업체 관계자는 “프리젠테이션 이후 심사위원들이 트집을 잡듯이 질문을 이어갔고, 낙찰되지 않았다”고 전하며, 낙찰된 업체가 평가 시간에 10분 정도 늦었음에도 불구하고 별도의 제재 없이 제안 설명을 진행한 점에 대해 의문을 제기했다.
이 사건은 2021년 10월 15일, 국민의힘 대전시당 시정감시단장 김소연 변호사가 대전시 전‧현직 공무원 2명과 사회혁신센터 직원들, 입찰 심사위원, 낙찰업체 등 11명을 국민권익위원회에 고발하면서 시작되었다.
검찰의 기소로 이 사건은 새로운 국면을 맞이하게 되었다.
*아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]입니다. '구글번역'은 이해도를 높이기를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*The following is [the full text] of the English article translated by 'Google Translate'. 'Google Translate' is working hard to improve understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.>
Daejeon Social Innovation Center Bidding Corruption, 6 Civic Group Members Indicted...
It has been confirmed that the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office has indicted 6 people, including civil servants and officials from civic groups, without detention in connection with the Daejeon Social Innovation Center bidding corruption case.
The people indicted without detention are suspected of being involved in irregularities during the bidding process for the 'Communication and Cooperation Space Creation Project', a public offering project of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in 2019.
The prosecution referred them to trial late last month and suspended the indictment of one person.
In October of last year, the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency's Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit sent 7 out of 9 people to the prosecution without detention on charges of bidding corruption and 2 people were not indicted.
The police also applied for pre-indictment collection preservation for approximately 700 million won in winning bids from 3 companies that received convenience during the bidding process. This case began a full-scale investigation in March of last year through a search and seizure of Daejeon City Hall.
When the Daejeon City failed to launch an innovation center in the first year of the ‘Communication and Cooperation Space Creation Project,’ it had the Daejeon Social Capital Support Center (Saja Center) carry out the project and held a bidding.
At that time, Company A was the only bidder for the ‘Living Lab’ project, which was urgently announced, but it failed, and later, through a re-announcement, Company A and Company D competed. Company A was selected as the preferred negotiating party for 275 million won, and Company D was classified as ineligible for negotiation evaluation.
Person G, who participated as an evaluation committee member for this project, was confirmed to have helped write the communication and cooperation space creation project competition plan, and there were people who met with bidders and evaluation committee members in similar ways in other projects. These people were people who had close relationships in civic groups, and they are raising questions about the fairness of the bidding process.
In addition, in another event announced in October, Company B was designated as the preferred bidder for 87 million won, and Company E was evaluated as ineligible for negotiation evaluation.
An official from Company E said, “After the presentation, the judges kept asking questions as if they were nitpicking, and the bid was not awarded,” and raised questions about the fact that the winning bidder proceeded with the proposal explanation without any separate sanctions despite being about 10 minutes late for the evaluation time.
This incident began on October 15, 2021, when Attorney Kim So-yeon, head of the Daejeon City Party’s City Administration Monitoring Team, filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission against 11 people, including two former and current Daejeon City officials, employees of the Social Innovation Center, bid evaluation committee members, and the winning bidder.
The prosecution’s indictment brought a new phase to this incident. <저작권자 ⓒ 브레이크뉴스대전충청 무단전재 및 재배포 금지>
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