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Legal Alien
It’s not just the Mail. The FT has a similar story.
Around 16,000 potential suppliers contacted a 500-person buying team set up by the Cabinet Office in March...
However, the process has been criticised for awarding large sums of taxpayer money to several companies that appear to have no record in supplying PPE and have small balance sheets or poor recent financial performance. It has prompted concern over the extent of due diligence that was conducted before the contract awards....
Peter Smith, managing director at consultancy Procurement Excellence, said normal procurement practice had “gone out the window”, adding: “My hope is that there is some method in the madness.”
Method or Madness?
There are third and fourth options; deceit and corruption.
Didn't this happen before with a ferry crossing?