Declaration of a State of Emergency in the Atlantic Coast Regional University Center
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: 049-2011
- Published: July 20, 2011
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Gazette: 32,572
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree declares a state of emergency at the Atlantic Coast Regional University Center (CRULA) due to serious deterioration of its facilities that endangers the health of students, teachers, and staff. It authorizes the National Autonomous University of Honduras to directly contract (without bidding) repair work for up to 20 million lempiras, allowing fast and efficient hiring without usual procedures.
Considerations
That the President of the Republic is responsible for the General Administration of the State and has supreme direction and coordination of the Centralized and Decentralized Public Administration.
That the Board of Directors of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) reviewed the technical report presented by the Executive Secretariat of the Administration of investment projects on May 31, 2011 and received preliminary reports submitted by the Investigating and Intervening Commission of the Regional University Center of the Atlantic Coast (hereinafter CRULA), in which the need in an emergency capacity is identified for repair works of the physical facilities of CRULA in view of the fact that its deterioration represents an imminent danger to public health and the lives of students, faculty, administrative and service personnel and visiting public, and consequently requests that a state of emergency be declared in said Center in order to achieve timely and efficient provision of the public service offered by CRULA.
That in view of the contents of the aforementioned technical report, the Board of Directors of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH),
That in accordance with Article 63 of the State Contracting Law, direct contracting may be carried out, among other cases, when the objective is to address the needs caused by an emergency situation under the provisions set forth in Article 9 of the State Contracting Law.
That according to Article 9 of the State Contracting Law, the declaration of a state of emergency shall be made by Decree of the President of the Republic in Cabinet Council and likewise provides that when emergency situations occur caused by exceptional circumstances that substantially affect the continuity or timely and efficient provision of public services, construction of public works or supply of goods or services or provision of consulting services that are strictly necessary may be contracted, without being subject to bidding requirements and other regulatory provisions without prejudice to oversight functions. FOR THESE REASONS; In application of Articles 245 numeral 11), 248, 252 and 255 of the Constitution of the Republic; Articles 116, 117 and 119 of the General Law of Public Administration; and, Articles 9 and 63 numeral 1) of the State Contracting Law.
Articles
Declare a state of emergency at the Regional University Center of the Atlantic Coast (hereinafter CRULA), due to the current state of deterioration of the physical facilities and other infrastructure of said Center that represents an imminent danger to public health and the lives of students, teachers, administrative and service personnel, and visiting public, for which reason and based on Article 63 numeral 1) of the State Contracting Law, the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) is authorized to, through the direct contracting procedure and up to a total amount of Twenty Million Lempiras (L. 20,000,000.00), enter into public works contracts, supply of goods or services, and consulting contracts, strictly necessary and directly related to the following physical facilities: Library Building, Agricultural Economics Classroom 01, CEGER Building, Sports Second Level, Sanitary Modules (2); as well as any others that are deemed necessary, according to the technical report presented by the Executive Secretariat of the Investment Project Administration of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH).
It shall be the responsibility of the corresponding bodies of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) to select and award the corresponding contractors, in accordance with what is established in the Organic Law of the National Autonomous University of Honduras and its reforms and the State Contracting Law.
The National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) shall communicate the resolution resulting from this Decree to the controlling bodies within the timeframe established in Article 9 of the State Contracting Law.
This Decree is of immediate execution and shall be published in "La Gaceta," Official Newspaper of the Republic. Given at the Presidential House, Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-eighth (28) day of the month of June of the year two thousand eleven (2011). BE IT COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC FOR GREATER ASSURANCE OF ITS PUBLICATIONS LIC. MARTHA ALICIA GARCÍA JORGE ALBERTO RICO SALINAS Coordinator and Supervisor Colonia Mirafores Telephone/Fax: Management: 230-4956 Administration: 230-3026 Plant: 230-6767 GOVERNMENTAL CIVIC CENTER CARLOS ÁFRICO MADRID HART SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF INTERIOR AND POPULATION JOSÉ ALEJANDRO VENTURA SORIANO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ARTURO BENDAÑA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH ARMANDO CALIDONIO ALVARADO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF SECURITY, BY LAW RODRIGO GARCÍA CASTAÑEDA SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE, BY LAW MARIO CANAHUATI CANAHUATI SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN RELATIONS MARLON PASCUA CERRATO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE CARLOS BORJAS CASTEJÓN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE, BY LAW CARLOS GUNTHER LAÍNEZ RIVERA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, BY LAW MIGUEL RODRIGO PASTOR MEJÍA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING FELÍCITO ÁVILA ORDÓÑEZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY JUAN ÁNGELARTICA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, BY LAW RIGOBERTO CUÉLLAR CRUZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT HILDA HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARTURO CORRALES ÁLVAREZ TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF PLANNING AND EXTERNAL COOPERATION BERNARD MARTÍNEZ VALERIO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF CULTURE, ARTS AND SPORTS MARCO ANTONIO MIDENCE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF YOUTH LUIS GREEN MORALES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AFRO-HONDURANS CÉSAR HAM PEÑA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN INSTITUTE MARÍAANTONIETA BOTTO MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WOMEN MARÍA ELENA ZEPEDA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE PROGRAM CARLOS RENÉ ROMERO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOREST CONSERVATION, PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE, BY LAW
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