I have been trying to get a measure of the government's PPE procurement splurge for the past couple of months.
The amount of cash shelled out to private sector firms is mind-boggling.
Here's a thread of what I've uncovered with @BylineTimes 🔽
💵 £70 million contract for face masks
🟦 To a luxury packaging firm with £46k in the bank
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/08/70-…
💵 £135 million contract for ventilators
🟦 To an organisation owned by a company based on the Isle of Man, a tax haven
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/01/135…
💵 £81.8 million contracts for hand sanitiser and face masks
🟦 To firm owned by Tory donor who has given £60k to Conservative politicians and central party since 2009
💵 The firm has won a total of £148 million in PPE deals
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/18/fir…
💵 £93.8 million contract for face masks
🟦 To a firm that has directly donated £400k to the Conservative Party since 2016
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/16/com…
🟦 Government PPE deals won by Tory backers has reached at least £364 million
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/21/gov…
💵 £122 million contract for gowns
🟦 To a firm that had been in existence for 44 days
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/14/gov…
💵 Three contracts worth £52 million
🟦 To a dormant firm with one director
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/02/gov…
And what has all this paid for?
Well last month government data showed it had spent £364 million on coveralls, yet only 432,000 had been delivered to the NHS.
That's £840 per item delivered...
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/01/gov…
💵 Contracts worth £25 million+ combined
🟦 Handed to a company whose owner is listed in the Panama Papers
🟦 A small ISO standards firm
🟦 A fast fashion supplier
bylinetimes.com/2020/07/29/ano…
Labour is hosting an opposition day debate on procurement this Wednesday, following pressure put on Boris Johnson by @rushanaraali and @DawnButlerBrent.
The government has spent billions on these deals and we deserve to see the receipts
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/12/bor…
Not forgetting this (weird) one...
💵 £240 million contract for coveralls
🟦 To a firm linked to a religious sect
🟦 In total, contracts awarded to companies with ties to the sect have comfortably surpassed half a billion bylinetimes.com/2020/08/27/gov…
And this one from @StephenD_ 👇🏻👇🏻
💵 £25 million deal for face masks
🟦 To a lifestyle firm with no employees or trading history
bylinetimes.com/2020/07/02/lif…
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💥 NEW 💥
💵 Deals worth £2.3 BILLION
🟦 To a firm with 25 staff
🟦 That made an £800k profit last year
🟦 Yet virtually none of the contracts have been released by the Government
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/15/uk-…
Small but significant deal.
💵 Contract worth £300k for HR services on behalf of 'PPE Tsar' Lord Deighton
🟦 To a firm owned by a business associate of Deighton
🟦 Who also worked with him closely during the 2012 Olympics
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/20/lor…
💥 NEW 💥
💵 Contracts worth £148 million
🟦 To a firm based in Miami, Florida
🟦 Whose owner is a fashion accessory designer
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/23/uk-…
🚨 AND ANOTHER 🚨
💵 £5 million+ of contracts for gloves
🟦 To a hotel carpeting firm
🟦 With net assets of £20k
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/24/mil…
💵 Half a billion – £526.3 million to be precise – in PPE deals has gone to firms with links to the Conservative Party 💵
That we know about.
My new @BylineTimes report 🔽 @peterjukes
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/25/500…
February 2020: Firm lists £134,500 assets
April - June 2020: Same firm awarded PPE contracts worth £40.5 million
New @BylineTimes report 🔽
bylinetimes.com/2020/10/26/mil…
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