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A €274 million contract to build and operate residential blocks and a kitchen at a home for the elderly has been slammed by the auditor general, who found the entire deal could be deemed invalid.
Published on Wednesday afternoon, the NAO report highlighted a series of serious shortcomings, missing documentation and oversight failures concerning the mega-contract awarded to the JCL and MHC Consortium by the St Vincent de Paul Residence.
The consortium is made up of James Caterers Ltd and a subsidiary of the DB Group.
The NAO found that the state-run home, family ministry and department of contracts acted in breach of legislative provisions and broke public procurement regulations in the deal, which it said could potentially be deemed invalid.