Overview

• The IGAE found that a Red.es contract awarded to Innova Next in 2021 relied on flawed scoring that reduced price weight to 30%, breaching public procurement law.
• Audit officials determined that subjective criteria exceeded the legal threshold for independent evaluation, requiring an external expert committee to assess technical aspects.
• Similar administrative objections appeared in three Madrid City Council tenders, although auditors noted these did not alter the final award outcomes.
• Three additional contracts tied to letters of recommendation from Begoña Gómez have been transferred to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for separate inquiry.
• Judge Juan Carlos Peinado continues the judicial probe into influence-peddling allegations involving the Prime Minister’s wife and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés.