Government ‘never met’ Seaborne Freight's financial backers
Labour's shadow Transport Secretary, Andy McDonald said the revelations were"astonishing", and added that it was"difficult to imagine how [the contracts] could have been handled any worse."
"To suggest that ministers should have personally met with interested parties during a procurement process is ridiculous and belies a fundamental misunderstanding of procurement rules and procedure. Such an action would be wholly inappropriate," it added. The government was criticised for choosing Seaborne - which the BBC found had never sailed a vessel - as a supplier, and for leaving too little time for a full public procurement process.
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