A top public servant apologised to businesses that were not selected to help deliver the Coalition’s Entrepreneurs’ Program on the same day the tender process, which doled out contracts now worth $163 million, was slammed as “deficient”, “not open” and “fell short of the ethical requirements” for Commonwealth tenders.
Commonwealth Auditor-General Grant Hehir tabled a scathing report of the procurement process.
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