How a Utah company won â then lost â a $26.5 million pandemic contract in Tennessee
The State of Utah has also paid nearly $10 million to the company
How a Utah company won â then lost â a $26.5 million pandemic contract in Tennessee
By: FOX 13 News
and last updated 2020-12-18 17:12:51-05
SALT LAKE CITY â Tennessee lawmakers are asking questions about millions paid to a Utah company who received a no-bid contract to provide COVID-19 testing and personal protective equipment at the start of the pandemic.
The Volunteer State paid $5.9 million to Nomi Health, which is based in Orem, Utah. It was supposed to be $26.5 million, but Tennessee terminated the contract early over concerns of whether Nomi could deliver what it had promised, according to an investigation by FOX 13âs sister station, WTVF in Nashville.
EXCLUSIVE: Tennessee wastes millions on no-bid COVID contract with politically connected company
Posted: 6:11 AM, Dec 14, 2020
Updated: 2021-01-23 13:00:33-05
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee s team wasted millions of dollars on COVID-19 testing promised by a politically connected company - and taxpayers got nothing for their money, an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee s team wasted millions of dollars on COVID-19 testing promised by a politically connected company - and taxpayers got nothing for their money, an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered.
Over the objections of career state employees, Tennessee Health Commission Lisa Piercey steered a $26.5 million, no-bid contract to a Utah company with no health care experience after a Republican political consultant pitched a contract to the governor s office.