Feds Criticized in Choice of Delivery Service, Toronto Receives 62,000 Defective Masks, and UK Parish Faces Uncertainty Over High Bids

By Bethany Pentesco

In this week’s news, the Canadian Federal government receives backlash for choosing Amazon to deliver PPE, Toronto fails to test masks from a new supplier, Governor Cuomo asks states to stop bidding against each other, and a UK parish is forced to reconsider a project that came in £3M over asking.

Feds Criticized in Choice of Delivery Service

Toronto Receives 62,000 Defective Masks

New York Asking for a Purchasing Consortium Amid Bidding War

US Forced to Pay Quadruple for Ventilators

Broward School District Questioned Over $17M Sole-Source

South Africa Probes “Emergency” Tender

Ghana Minority Attempts Port Revenue Takeover

UK Parish Faces Uncertainty Over High Bids