CASE SUMMARY
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Transparency Mexico Integrity Pact on Electronic Toll Collection Systems
Country: Mexico
Sector: Communication and Transport Infrastructure
Initiative Type:  Integrity Pact

Detailed Information :

Mexico

Year of Establishment: 2002

Project Phase: Completed

Participants: Transparency Mexico, Caminos y Puentes Federales - Capufe (the Mexican federal government agency in charge of constructing all toll roads and bridges ), bidding companies

Scope:

  • Integrity Pact for hiring a firm to administrate the electronic till system.

Key Facts:

  • In a bid for an electronic toll collection systems service in Mexico in 2002, Transparency Mexico, Caminos y Puentes Federales -Capufe, and bidding companies agreed to set up an integrity pact with an external monitor to ensure transparency in the bidding process.
  • The aim od the Integrity Pact was to Enhance transparency in every stage of the bidding process and to assure that the bidding process is fair and competitive.
  • Transparency Mexico designated an independent monitor to be present at all events related to the bidding. The monitor observed every stage of the bidding process and wrote a final report certifying that no acts that could be interpreted as favors to any of the bidding companies took place.

Key Learning:

  • An Integrity Pact should be simple and easy to understand.

Mechanisms:

  • The monitor should be a recognized and credible organization from a relevant field.
  • Role of the monitor:
    1. Being present and observing at all events related to the bidding
    2. Proposing mechanisms to make the process more transparent and fair
    3. Ensuring rules and norms are respected
    4. Writing public report on what he witnessed ; a formal testimony outlining the process and measures adopted to avoid dishonest practices, as well as suggestions on how to improve future processes
    5. Monitor has the right to drop the bidding process if not all bidding companies sign the Integrity Pact. However, monitor does not have the right to vote in the selection process.

Benefits:

  • The bidding process was transparent.

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