The security services company Neptune has been banned for five years from public contracts in Quebec following an “integrity review” by the Autorité des marchés publics (AMP).
Also, this company, which has numerous security service contracts with various authorities of the Quebec government, including the Sûreté du Québec and the courthouses, must “cease the execution of any public contract within 60 days”, indicates the AMP in its order of banishment.
According to the AMP, “Neptune does not meet the integrity requirements required to maintain its authorization to contract” with the public sector in Quebec.
An audit carried out in recent months by the AMP reveals that “the (corporate) structure declared by Neptune allows it and other companies to escape the application of the Law on the contracts of the organizations public. »
Also, the AMP says it has found that “the company fails to declare its real managers, while the integrity of the companies under its supervision is notably linked to the integrity of each of them. »
The AMP indicates that its verifications “lead it to conclude that the operational structure of Neptune, which uses several companies with a numerical designation that do not hold a contracting authorization, allows them to escape the application of the law. »
According to the AMP, “the integrity of these companies (linked to Neptune) which carry out public contracts cannot be ensured, because they are removed from the supervision of the AMP. »
Double identity?
Moreover, according to information revealed last week by the Enquête program on Radio-Canada television, the big boss of Neptune, who presents himself under the name of Robert Butler, was not identified as such in the documents of the company submitted to the AMP during its verification.
According to the Radio-Canada report, Robert Butler would use two identities in the direction of his group of companies which have several contracts for security services in Quebec, Ontario and with the federal government.
Before the courts, Robert Butler would present himself as the CEO of the company Neptune Security Services, while he would use the name of Badreddine Ahmadoun when he presents himself as the director of his other companies, including a real estate agency in Ontario.