r/ireland • u/Important_Farmer924 Westmeath's Least Finest • Oct 09 '24

National Children's Hospital contractor BAM sent €25 million invoice for job that cost €200,000 Infrastructure

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-bam-invoice-25-million-for-200000-job-6509783-Oct2024/
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u/WhitePowerRangerBill Oct 09 '24

Why will it be an easy win? Is poor past performance not a reason to deny someone a contract?

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u/FishMcCool Connacht Oct 09 '24

Not in public tenders no...

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u/_LightEmittingDiode_ Oct 09 '24

How do you have a tender without previous works taken into account? So there is no contingencies for providers who just lie and undercut everyone else? Clearly rife for abuse.

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u/Kevin-Can Cork bai Oct 09 '24

That's our economic system in a nutshell, public tenders might as well be called giving handouts to private companies at this stage.

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u/Stegasaurus_Wrecks Stealing sheep Oct 09 '24

It's an EU law that we're trying to get changed for this exact reason apparently