Priti with her nose in the trough?

[SirGalahad]

Miss Patel lobbied Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove in April last year over a £20million contract for surgical masks for Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd (PDL) after an approach from her former adviser Samir Jassal;

Weeks later the firm was awarded a no-bid, no-competition deal worth £102.6million to supply a better type of mask;

PDL secured its £102.6million contract for higher-quality FPP3 masks in July, with Mr Jassal playing a key role. Government lawyers have told the Good Law Project that after Mr Shergill submitted a quotation, Mr Jassal 'followed up with emails and phone calls'.

Senior officials were worried. In emails, they noted that the 'benchmark price' was £2.69 per mask, yet PDL was charging £5.13.

So we paid £100m for £50m worth of PPE. Bargain.

 

[Notch7]

Miss Patel lobbied Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove in April last year over a £20million contract for surgical masks for Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd (PDL) after an approach from her former adviser Samir Jassal;

Weeks later the firm was awarded a no-bid, no-competition deal worth £102.6million to supply a better type of mask;

PDL secured its £102.6million contract for higher-quality FPP3 masks in July, with Mr Jassal playing a key role. Government lawyers have told the Good Law Project that after Mr Shergill submitted a quotation, Mr Jassal 'followed up with emails and phone calls'.

Senior officials were worried. In emails, they noted that the 'benchmark price' was £2.69 per mask, yet PDL was charging £5.13.

So we paid £100m for £50m worth of PPE. Bargain.

Tax revenue is just used by Tory MPs as a free money pit.

 

[SirGalahad]

£20m for poor school kids was too much for many. Bad parents don't deserve more handouts.

I thought when it meant taking care of our own, it extended further than the friends and acqaintences of Ministers.

 

[transam]

£20m for poor school kids was too much for many. Bad parents don't deserve more handouts.

I thought when it meant taking care of our own, it extended further than the friends and acqaintences of Ministers.

well u thought wrong then

 

[just pumps]

Where did the "benchmark price" come from?

 

[just pumps]

£20m for poor school kids was too much for many. Bad parents don't deserve more handouts.

I thought when it meant taking care of our own, it extended further than the friends and acqaintences of Ministers.

I note another twist and turn back to an old subject inserted early doors here at post #3

 

[Mottie]

Where did the "benchmark price" come from?

They’re the ones that were sent back.

 

[just pumps]

They’re the ones that were sent back.

That is another topic never debated when these "contracts" are aired. Do people not realise that there are clauses in contracts?
I was asking Sir G where the benchmark prices came from within the article he quotes.

 

[SirGalahad]

The Government sets the benchmark price. The issue was the creation of the VIP lane where due diligence was lacking.

https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1072

https://goodlawproject.org/news/tory-party-102m-ppe-contract/

 

[SirGalahad]

That is another topic never debated when these "contracts" are aired. Do people not realise that there are clauses in contracts?
I was asking Sir G where the benchmark prices came from within the article he quotes.

Clauses like non delivery? Were they enforced on VIP lane contracts for non delivery?

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3147

ifty million face masks bought by the UK government as part of a £252m (€280m; $330m) contract at the height of the covid-19 crisis will not be used in the NHS because of safety concerns, the government has admitted.

The FFP2 masks, supplied under a contract awarded without advertisement or tender, have ear loops rather than head ties, and the fixings may not be adequate to protect NHS frontline staff from covid-19.

The government’s admission comes in court papers for a judicial review case brought by the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor. The two non-profit organisations argue that the decision to award the £252m contract to Ayanda Capital, a private family fund that specialises in currency trading, offshore property, and private equity, was unlawful, disproportionate, and irrational.

Of the 50 million masks, estimated to cost at least £150m, 43.5 million have been delivered, and further production has been paused.

 

[SirGalahad]

I note another twist and turn back to an old subject inserted early doors here at post #3

You don't like comparisons? Why is one considered a waste when another isn't? Both are paid by the taxpayer.

 

[fillyboy]

So we paid £100m for £50m worth of PPE. Bargain.

That's a lot of wallpaper.

 

[JohnD]

Carrie-Antoinette spends £840 pounds a roll (of other people's money) on wallpaper

However, this is not her only extravagance.

I don't know how long Johnson usually keeps pole dancers, violinists, interior decorators and similar entertainers.

I wonder if she likes soft, sweet, enriched, yeast-based baked products?

(Qu'ils mangent de la brioche)

 

[ellal]

"Priti with her nose in the trough?"

What do you expect from an immigrant family member who hates immigrants

 

[noseall]

Tories, their donors and lobbyists are absolutely milking the Covid train, like rats up a drain pipe. They must have been rubbing their greedy hands with glee at the first mention of the words unaccountable procurement.

Greedy Tory bastads.