Module 7: Investigating corruption in project procurement
Appoint technical experts
Consider obtaining support from technical experts.
An engineer with experience of the relevant type of project could assess the bid documents, and should be able to offer an expert opinion on whether:
BuildWell was the best bidder to be awarded the contract, or whether the contract should have been awarded to another bidder
whether Ice Cold’s product was specified, and, if it was, was it genuinely the only available option to suit the RA’s needs (and therefore was it justifiable to specify it as the required product).