Why has nobody given me £65million?

[carmanmemoranda]

You should be so lucky!

Is mottie just beginning to understand ?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Too busy to speak to established reputable suppliers

But not too busy to push their mates to the front of the queue.

Just imagine if it had been another party giving these contracts to their mates.

The excuses people come up with to support such poor Government.

 

[JohnD]

Maybe the reputable suppliers didn't have the capacity to supply the required quantities due to the scale of the epidemic .
On the other hand maybe the spivs saw an opportunity and grabbed it with both hands.

Since the government wouldn't talk to them, being too busy greasing their mates' palms, that doesn't apply.

 

[motorbiking]

The High court didn't find any evidence of that.

 

[JohnD]

Slow lane for suppliers without Tory buddies.

Hull firm side-stepped government to protect countless lives

Arco supplied PPE to nearly 300 hospitals and health trusts at the height of the pandemic

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

 

[JohnD]

Fast lane for Tory buddies got preferential treatment

Perhaps it was because I haven't got Michael Gove's private email.

Covid: Government's PPE 'VIP lane' unlawful, court rules

A judge says it was unlawful to give two companies preferential treatment when awarding PPE contracts.

www.bbc.co.uk

Michael Gove backer won £164m in PPE contracts after ‘VIP lane’ referral

David Meller’s company was among 47 awarded PPE contracts after referrals from politicians and officials

www.theguardian.com

 

[motorbiking]

Which contracts were awarded without merit via the high priority lane? Those who brought the claim to the high court might need your help as they couldn’t find any.

You need to read the judgement not the press spin.

The high court ruled that the high priority lane breached the legal requirement for equal treatment, but it did not result in contracts being awarded without merit.

With regard to arco the CEO might want to fire his sales director, if he/she believes it’s the customer’s job to contact them for supply.

 

[JohnD]

if he/she believes it’s the customer’s job to contact them for supply.

Did you just make that up?

 

[Dork Lard]

Did you just make that up?

It probably didn't. It's a shill, it does as its controller commands.

 

[Vinty]

Why did Owen Patterson resign.

 

[JohnD]

Because he was caught.

 

[Odds]

Because he was caught.

Just as the arch-spaffer, de Piffle was caught out. Time after time...yet still they'll continue to get away with it while plebs wang on about the Royals and ignore the real costs to the nation going into Tory pockets.

 

[motorbiking]

Did you just make that up?

Do you think a good sales person sits by the phone waiting for customers to call to place orders?

 

[JohnD]

Since that is not a claim I have ever made, you are clearly making it up.

 

[motorbiking]

Did you read the article you posted? did you read the stuff on their web? They don't appear to have missed out. Rather they appear to be complaining that the government's strategy impacted their own supply chain and increased their competition (via the VIP lane).

It would appear they were out-sold.