The US Faces a Challenge from Oracle for its $10 Billion Contract, Canadian P3s are Being Approved Amid Evidence of Their Greater Expense, and the UK Grenfell Tower Contractor is Formally Banned from Future Public Housing Contracts
By Julia Mills
This week we’re tracking public procurement stories about controversial public-private partnership (P3) projects in Alberta and Nova Scotia, the US military being defrauded out of millions of dollars from a flawed contract, London banning the Grenfell Tower contractor from new housing projects, and New Zealand and China finally striking a free-trade agreement.
US Military Scammed Out of Millions
Alberta Approves P3 Projects Amid Protests
Nova Scotia Study Finds P3s Cost More
Grenada Sole-Sources UN-Funded Health Agreement
Canada Considers New Defence Procurement Agency
New Zealand and China Strike Free-Trade Deal
US Pentagon Receives Formal JEDI Protest
London Bans Grenfell Tower Contractor