The two regional surveillance centers that aim to strengthen "the operational capacity of the Navy" will be built through the use of a simplified contracting procedure (direct agreement) with the company Quenda.
The contract for the construction and equipping of the Lobito center, between Simportex, a national public company responsible for purchases by the Ministry of Defense, and Quenda, has a global value of US $ 14.1 million and Namibe's is valued at $ 14.2 million.
As for Quenda, it is a Polish company linked to the construction of the new Luanda International Airport.
In August 2017, the Government presided over by José Eduardo dos Santos announced that it would spend almost another US $ 100 million on the new airport, still to be concluded, through a Polish financing line.
At the time, José Eduardo dos Santos authorized the hiring of several contracts, including the signing of contracts with Quenda Business Initiative and Cipro through its Transport Minister, Augusto Tomás (currently serving a prison sentence for crimes of embezzlement, money laundering and criminal association for embezzling state funds).
The Quenda Business Initiative, with addresses in Warsaw, Poland, and Luanda (Talatona), is led by Margarida Wasilewska who, according to the company's website, was Polish consul in Luanda between 2009 and 2013, and headed the Polish Embassy in Luanda as the head of business until 2015, having subsequently abandoned the diplomatic career to dedicate herself to the business world.
Quenda presents itself as a company with "strong growth potential, focused on project management and the provision of advisory and consultancy services" whose main region of activity is sub-Saharan African countries, particularly Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
