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Investigation: 49 FHDC Contracts Worth £28.6m Breached Procurement Rules — Standstill Period Abandoned, Oversight Missing

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EXCLUSIVE — A Shepway Vox Team investigation has uncovered that Folkestone & Hythe District Council failed to apply the mandatory 10-day standstill period before activating 49 public contracts worth over £28.6 million, awarded between 5 May 2023 — the day after the new Green-led administration took office — and 23 February 2025. This legal safeguard, designed to ensure fairness and transparency in public procurement, was systematically bypassed …
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Investigation: 49 FHDC Contracts Worth £28.6m Breached Procurement Rules — Standstill Period Abandoned, Oversight Missing

EXCLUSIVE — A Shepway Vox Team investigation has uncovered that Folkestone & Hythe District Council failed to apply the mandatory 10-day standstill period before activating 49 public contracts worth over £28.6 million, awarded between 5 May 2023 — the day after the new Green-led administration took office — and 23 February 2025. This legal safeguard, designed to ensure fairness and transparency in public procurement, was systematically bypassed …

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ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime broke the news in on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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