Another suspect on the contract-awarding front is Peter Ellef, Mr Rowland's former chief of staff.
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It will also examine the process for awarding the contract to the recruitment agency.
However the Department seems to have understated the long-term risks when awarding the contract to First Group.
Awarding a contract and beginning construction of the network is a major step in what has often been a contentious and controversial project.
And he said that delays in awarding the contract should not result in the suspension of the lottery, while a new operator prepares to take over.
Part of the reason Oshkosh won was that the Army buying command awarding the contract decided all the bidders (Navistar competed too) were equal in capabilities and past performance, making price the sole discriminator in the outcome.
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In awarding a contract to run a public service, such as a railway, there is a balance to be struck between making the contract long enough to encourage serious investment and not so long that the forecasts built into bids for the contract become highly speculative.
An independent report last year by Sam Laidlaw - chief executive of Centrica, the owner of British Gas - found there was a "damning failure" by the DfT that led to ministers - who had not been told about flaws in the bidding process - awarding the contract after being given inaccurate reports.
Although finding no evidence of illegality, Wood reported that single market rules were being interpreted in ways that favored local companies, such as in contract requirements shaped to suit a given, national supplier, or by false competition where international bids are invited when there is little intention of awarding a contract to a non-national firm.
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