Firm launches legal challenge claiming Carillion JV鈥檚 winning bid could be 鈥榓bnormally low鈥� and 鈥榰ndeliverable鈥�
Interserve has slammed the Ministry of Defence鈥檚 award of more than 拢4bn-worth of construction contracts to a Carillion joint venture, claiming in court papers that the winning bid could be 鈥渁bnormally low鈥� and 鈥渦ndeliverable鈥� and that the competition for the work was
not 鈥渇air鈥�.
As 星空传媒 first revealed last month, Interserve has launched a legal challenge to the award of three massive Ministry of Defence (MoD) construction contracts, together worth up to 拢4.35bn, to a joint venture between Carillion and Amey in a move that prompted
the MoD to suspend the procurement process.
This week it also emerged that more consultants are preparing legal challenges to the government鈥檚 procurement of a 拢750m public sector consultant鈥檚 framework.
The news of the legal challenges comes as the government this week outlined its progress on improving its procurement at the Government Construction Summit in London, where business secretary Vince Cabl