Palmas City Hall hires company to repair damage caused by windstorm in Taquari Palmas City Hall hired, without bidding, a company for R$2.1 million to renovate houses hit by a windstorm in the Taquari sector, in the southern region of the capital. The hiring was published in the Official Gazette this Wednesday (15), seven months after the storm that caused destruction in the neighborhood. The municipality justified the exemption from bidding due to the state of emergency declared at the time. The windstorm occurred on January 8 this year and caused power outages, damage to roofs and walls, as well as falling trees. On that occasion, the city hall published two decrees: one establishing an emergency situation and the other providing assistance for victims of natural disasters. ? Click here to follow the g1 TO channel on WhatsApp In a note, the city hall stated that FG Serviços e Comércio Ltda. was only hired now because other steps were prioritized, such as emergency care, inspections and damage mapping. The municipality also said that it has already delivered support materials and carried out a social survey to identify the affected families. (See the full note at the end of the report.) g1 tries to contact the company FG Serviços e Comércio Ltda., mentioned in the report as contracted by the city hall, but, until the last update, it had not been able to locate it. MORE was contracted for R$2,119,875.44. According to the Official Gazette, the emergency contract, signed by secretary Carlos Antônio da Costa Júnior, aims to carry out corrective maintenance of damaged residences, in accordance with the emergency situation declared by the city hall two days after the storm. In addition to the renovations, two companies were hired, also through exemption from bidding, to provide basic food basket kits, hygiene items and cleaning products to families. The contract was published in June, five months after the storm, with a total value of R$694,208.58. Damage in the southern region of Palmas At the time, Civil Defense worked to clean the streets and provide guidance to residents. Mayor Eduardo Siqueira Campos (Podemos) visited the sector and estimated that around 200 houses were damaged. Decree No. 2,841 defined the actions planned to help families. Among the benefits were the delivery of basic food baskets, drinking water, personal hygiene kits, cleaning materials, mattresses and blankets. In January, the Government of Tocantins also announced that R$426,000 would be allocated to assist 200 affected families. Tree fell during heavy rain in Palmas (TO) Disclosure/Firefighters City Hall note in full Palmas City Hall reported that the contracting is part of ongoing assistance actions for families affected by the windstorm that occurred in January 2026, initiated immediately after the disaster and carried out permanently since then. In the initial phase, efforts were concentrated on emergency assistance to affected families, carrying out technical inspections, mapping damage, supporting people at risk and reestablishing the minimum habitability conditions of properties. As part of these actions, the Municipal Infrastructure and Housing Secretariat delivered 12,330 ceramic tiles and other support materials. At the same time, teams from the Municipal Civil Defense and the Municipal Department of Social Development carried out the registration and technical-social survey of affected families, identifying 571 families, the equivalent of 2,314 people directly impacted. The hiring of a company specialized in engineering to carry out repair and corrective recovery services for damaged residential buildings was carried out by exemption from bidding, as provided for in art. 75, item VIII, of Law No. 14,133/2021, due to the emergency situation recognized by the Municipality and the Federal Government. The formalization of the contract only occurred after the completion of the technical surveys, the definition of the properties covered, the dimensioning of the necessary services and the approval of the work plan, essential steps to guarantee legal security, planning and correct application of public resources. The execution of services will follow the schedule and technical criteria established based on the diagnosis carried out by the Civil Defense and Social Assistance teams, prioritizing registered families and properties with damage compatible with the object of the contract. See more news from the region on g1 Tocantins.