The Quarantine Contracts
Emergency procurement, single-bid awards, and a supplier incorporated that month.
Thiruvananthapuram·By M. Thomas & L. Anand·Kerala desk
Emergency powers suspended competitive tendering for ninety days. In that window we counted 61 single-bid awards. Nine went to companies incorporated after the emergency was declared.
What it changed
Four contracts rescinded; emergency-procurement window narrowed.
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