Overview

• The peritaje, exceeding 300 pages and dated in August, has been received by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and is referenced in Judge Juan Carlos Peinado’s case.
• The IGAE says ‘letters of support’ and agreements, including endorsements tied to Begoña Gómez, were scored and unjustly boosted the UTE of Innova Next and The Valley while hurting competitors.
• The audit criticizes Red.es’s economic scoring formula for muting price differences and favoring costlier bids, contrary to public procurement principles.
• Forensic checks found unsigned preliminary reports with wiped metadata and a note indicating an instruction to lower a bidder’s score without documented justification.
• EPPO is pursuing additional lines of inquiry on the EU-funded portion of the contracts, and according to sources is not directing this strand at Gómez, while the broader judicial investigation continues in Madrid.