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Editorial PAGE 9
SOME BUSINESSES MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
MDB supports
economic
revitalisation in
unprecedented
times
KURT SANSONE
A €274 million management contract
awarded by direct order at St Vincent
de Paul breached the law, a National
Audit Office investigation found.
e contract was awarded by negoti-
ated procedure in November 2017 to a
consortium made up of James Caterers
and the DB Group. e same compa-
nies had already won a separate bid to
build a new kitchen at SVPR and con-
struct an extension.
In a damning 177-page report, the
NAO said that SVPR, a government
institution for the elderly, the Ministry
for Family and Social Solidarity and
the Department of Contracts "acted in
breach of legislative provisions" when
they sanctioned a negotiated procedure
for the management of the new blocks
on the basis of urgency.
Multi-million euro St Vincent de Paul
contract awarded to James Caterers
and DB Group broke the law - NAO
Tourism
industry
operators
excempt
from paying
2021 MTA
fees
