Cartel caused losses of over R$ 300 million to CPTM.
Contracts signed in 2007, during José Serra's administration, for train maintenance cost 34% more than in 2012; in that year, the value was R$ 967 million; in 2012, under Geraldo Alckmin, the value dropped to R$ 667 million; according to a complaint filed by Siemens with CADE (Brazil's antitrust agency), the overpricing was around 30%.
SP 247 - The train cartel in São Paulo has cost taxpayers dearly in the country's most prosperous state. A report by journalists Flavio Ferreira and Mario Cesar Carvalho, published this Sunday in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, states that CThe Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (São Paulo Metropolitan Train Company) suffered a loss of R$ 300 million due to contracts signed during José Serra's administration in 2007 for train maintenance.
That year, the amount paid by CPTM was R$ 967 million. In 2012, the same services were contracted for R$ 667 million – between 2007 and 2012, in the year 2010, José Serra was the PSDB candidate for president of the Republic.
According to the report, the 34% overpricing is similar to the 30% rate reported by Siemens to the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade).
The decision to outsource train maintenance was made by Engineer João Roberto Zaniboni, indicted by the Federal Police on suspicion of having received bribes of US$ 836 from cartel companies such as Alstom and Siemens.