19-07-2020, 07:17 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by Omah
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ut-open-tenderResearch company owned by associates of senior Tory and PM’s adviser gets £840,000 job
The full article is more illuminating about the "fiddle" .....
It may on only be £840,000, small potatoes when compared to the Chancellor's £190,000,000, but nepotism stinks .....
19-07-2020, 07:19 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I'm struggling to understand the link???
19-07-2020, 07:46 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Just that consultancy costs big bucks.
I don't know when you did this work but they were meant to be cracking down on big bucks consultancy. Clearly that has gone out of the window using covid as a decoy. It seems they have a blank cheque and no contract governance.
19-07-2020, 07:51 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Proof? I really see none of even suspicion let alone any evidence.
19-07-2020, 08:25 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Where's your proof that all the procurement boxes were ticked?
19-07-2020, 08:33 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I don't know when you did this work but they were meant to be cracking down on big bucks consultancy. Clearly that has gone out of the window using covid as a decoy. It seems they have a blank cheque and no contract governance.
19-07-2020, 09:32 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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I'm not going to spell out what my fees were for consultancy in the period after I retired in 2000 partially because you wouldn't believe me but £840k is absolutely NOT big bucks.
19-07-2020, 09:37 PM
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Re: Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Why should they be? When there are extraordinary situations to be addressed and time is of the essence all that really matters is getting things done as quickly as possible.
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