Questions in Parliament on controversial SVDP contract unanswered
Questions tabled in Parliament on the controversial multi-million-euro St Vincent de Paul Residence extension remain unanswered.
Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina and Democratic Party MP Godfrey Farrugia are known to have asked questions to Family Affairs Minister Michael Falzon and Finance Minister Edward Scicluna in connection with the tender issued by the government.
The Sunday Times of Malta had reported that a "60-million contract for the provision of meals and a new kitchen at the old people's home morphed into a 500-bed extension.
As a result, James Caterers and a db Group subsidiary were not only given the job but also paid "274 million to manage the new extension they are bound to build for the government on public land.
According to The Malta Government Gazette, the tender was awarded through a direct order. Active Ageing Parliamentary Secretary Anthony Agius Decelis later said this was "a mistake" because the contract was granted through a so-called "negotiated procedure".
A spokesman for the Department of Information, which is responsible for printing The Malta Government Gazette, insisted that the items published were only those communicated by government...
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