Scandalous $35m overspend on vaccine software? Ministry hits back
7 May, 2021 05:20 AM
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A top health boss has bit back at claims that the Government overspent by up to $35 million on a new vaccine management system after a no-tender procurement process. But, at the same time, a number of IT industry figures have backed a complaint that Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae laid with the Auditor-General yesterday.
McCrae wants a full review of the procurement process for a new software system to manage vaccinations - including the crucial Covid-19 inoculation programme - which the Ministry of Health has said would cost $38m ($15m from money already allocated for a new system, plus $23m from a contingency fund), with US giants Salesforce and Amazon as key technology partners.
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SAN DIEGO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Morgan Polymer Seals confirmed today that they have doubled the amount of safety stock kept at their manufacturing plant in Mexico and their logistics broker in San Diego. The company took this action to ensure continued 100% on-time delivery for their automotive customers, including Ford, GM, and Volkswagen.
Before the pandemic, company policy was to produce and store two weeks of finished product - a practice that helped the supplier deliver parts on time, even when manufacturing in Mexico was temporarily halted due to safety concerns during the first months of the pandemic. As global supply chain disruptions continue to threaten the auto industry, Morgan Polymer has doubled safety stock to keep four weeks of parts
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There s no better place than Norfolk this summer, is the message being sent out by the county s tourism industry as MPs seek to discourage people from holidaying abroad.
The ban on foreign holidays is expected to be lifted for people in England from May 17 as part of the Government s roadmap out of lockdown.
But the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on coronavirus is calling on the Government to maintain curbs on international leisure travel beyond that date claiming the importation of new variants could lead to further lockdowns, and inevitably, further loss of life .
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