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The Jerusalem district canceled Shufersal's win in a tender for food stamps
Following a petition filed by the Pethon Lev Association, the court ruled that there were defects in the procedure.
The chain won a tender from the Ministry of the Interior worth NIS 700 million, even though it did not meet its threshold conditions, including the scope of the distribution of points of sale throughout the country.
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Maya Horodnichano
Wednesday, 03 February 2021, 19:35
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Won even though she did not meet the conditions.
Shufersal (Photo: Flash 90, Uri Lenz)
The Jerusalem District Court this evening (Wednesday) annulled Shufersal's win in the Ministry of the Interior's tender for the distribution of food stamps.
The hearing will be returned to the Tenders Committee, following a petition by the Pethon Lev Association alleging defects in the procedure.
The judge further ruled that the decision to reduce points from the association's proposal is also null and void and should be reconsidered.
This is after the weekend, the court froze the distribution of food stamps that was supposed to start today.
Petachon Lev argued in its petition that Shufersal does not meet the terms of the tender, including a threshold condition according to which the bidder must present points of sale in at least 100 local authorities, as well as present a point of sale in each locality with a population exceeding 20,000.
And yet she won.
In his decision, Judge Abarbanel accepted the claim that Shufersal did not meet the terms of the tender.
According to the plan, which will be budgeted at NIS 700 million, those entitled will receive food stamps in order to purchase essential products.
Local authorities will assist in determining the list of those eligible, including recipients of a property tax rebate of more than 70% according to an income test and senior citizens receiving an income support benefit.
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"The decision will benefit hundreds of thousands of families."
Activists of the Pethon Lev Association in Packing Food Packages for the Needy (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Shufersal attached to its proposal a table that includes 1,627 businesses, 370 branches of which it owns and the rest private businesses, according to a list provided to it by the credit company ICC, with which it has clearing agreements.
In the decision, the judge wrote that "it is not enough that the said businesses are obligated to honor ICC's debit cards, since in order to meet the terms of the tender, the businesses are required to operate under the tender under Shufersal's management, and cooperate with it in a series of actions."
Thus, among other things, the business is required to report monthly on the products purchased through the purchase labels.
"Prior to submitting its bid, Shufersal did not investigate whether the said businesses were able to provide the said monthly report; it did not examine whether the preparation of the report involved significant costs for them; nor did it determine whether they agreed to disclose the said information," the judge explained. "As long as there are more than a thousand points of sale that are beyond its control, Shufersal cannot meet the tender requirement, according to which Shufersal must transfer to the office every month during the tender period."
Eli Cohen, CEO of Pethon Lev, welcomed the ruling. "We are pleased with the court's decision, which will work for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of needy families in Israel.
We will be happy to work in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, in order to immediately execute the tender, "said Cohen, who emphasized that they also" congratulate the Ministry of the Interior on initiating and establishing the largest social project in the history of Israel, which will now be implemented in the most social and correct manner. " .
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