First, the Government has now spent £5.5bn on PPE.
Second, despite receiving offers from 16,000 suppliers, the Government chose a confectionary wholesaler, a supplier of pest control services and a family investment fund owned in a tax haven to receive some of the biggest contracts.
The Government misreported the value of the Pestfix contract as £108m; in fact it was £32.4m although a number of other contracts have also been concluded with Pestfix. (They are not yet published; what& #39;s the betting they& #39;ll sum to £108m?)
Fourth, despite Government using the exceptional urgency procedure to bypass normal tendering rules, the isolation suits supplied are being held in a warehouse and have not even been tested!
Fifth, as I understand this paragraph, Pestfix, a company with last reported net assets of £18,000 was paid 75% of £32.4m in respect of isolation suits even before they were delivered!
What is abundantly clear from this paragraph - which is a very unusual form - is that @MattHancock is super-keen for us to go away.

(Don& #39;t worry, we won& #39;t).
We also do not understand why Government is further occluding transparency by ignoring its own guidance ( https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/666728/Guidance_Publication_of_New_Central_Government_Tender_documents__and_Contracts_2017__1___1_.pdf)">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen... that contracts should be published within 20 days.
Obviously I have cherry picked the bits that I find most interesting - but please do read all the correspondence (that& #39;s why we& #39;ve published it).

Our present intention is to pursue judicial review proceedings in respect of the Pestfix, Clandeboye and Akanda contracts.
You can follow @JolyonMaugham.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: