Institute of Public Health (ISHP)
Ownership as documented
State agency
Description
Contracting authority for COVID-19 test-kit tenders in 2020.
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Direct purchase of 54 ventilators (claimed); 5 delivered
€1,100,000
Incomplete figurecontractSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: Party-quoted figure (Koduzi, citing Together for Life). Incomplete: no contract document seen.
Date: 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: not stated
- Together for Life report / PD reaction on secret COVID tenders (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Feb 2022 · political-statement · SQ
COVID-19 procurement procedures (198), total value
€35,000,000
Incomplete figuretenderSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: 'over 35 million euro' per PD quote of a Together for Life report. Incomplete; not verified.
Date: 12 Feb 2022 · Payer: health institutions · Payee: multiple
- Together for Life report / PD reaction on secret COVID tenders (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Feb 2022 · political-statement · SQ
Test-kit unit price, claimed secret purchase
€68
8,500 lek
contractSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: Unit price claimed by PD (8500 ALL = EUR 68 per Exit.al); market price claimed 2100 ALL (EUR 17). Per unit, not contract total.
Date: 21 Mar 2020 · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: O.E.S. Distrimed (per Exit.al, party claim)
- Albanian Government Bought Coronavirus Tests at Four Times the Market Price (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 22 Apr 2020 · journalism · EN
ISHP COVID-19 test-kit tender
50,500,000 lek
Incomplete figuretenderSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: 50.5 million lekë per Shqiptarja text (headline says 505 million). Incomplete: award value not found.
Date: 27 Aug 2020 · Payer: Institute of Public Health · Payee: not yet awarded in sources
- Testet per COVID-19, ISHP hap tender 50.5 milione leke per blerjen e kiteve (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 27 Aug 2020 · journalism · SQ
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Mar 2020
COVID-19 emergency health procurement, 2020 (test kits, respirators, masks)
In spring 2020 the Albanian health authorities bought COVID-19 supplies (test kits, respirators, protective equipment) through urgent, negotiated and in some cases secret procedures. The opposition…
Status: Allegations public since 2020; KLSH referral reported (Jan 2023); trial stage and outcome not confirmed.
From 27 Aug 2020
ISHP COVID-19 test-kit tender (50.5 million lekë, 2020) and price allegations
The Institute of Public Health (ISHP) opened a COVID-19 test-kit tender in August 2020 with a stated value of 50.5 million lekë. In April 2020 the opposition alleged the Ministry of Health paid about…
Status: Tender published 2020; price allegation unverified.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 27 Aug 2020