13-01-2018, 18:17
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Re: Carillion Crisis
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Originally Posted by Damien
Happens all the time with tenders. The companies bid at an unsustainable number, the government accepts the lowest bid, the companies attempts to make that number work fall flat on their face.
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Apparently the government were still awarding them contracts when ministers knew they were in deep trouble.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...k-to-carillion
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