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Lords to question Rail Link tenders
00:00 25 May 1995
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Questions are to be asked in the House of Lords today (Thursday 25
May) concerning the leak last week of top secret Government papers
revealing details of the four shortlisted bids for the œ3
billion Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey has tabled three questions to put to the Government. These are:
1. Did any of the bidders fail to submit a bid on the basis of the reference specification?
2. If so, was any such bid accepted for consideration?
3. If so, was any such bid accepted on the basis of information submitted after the deadline of 14 March?
The leaked documents are minutes of three meetings of the Government's Channel Link Adjudication Group. They suggest that Eurorail, one of the four consortia bidding to build the link, has been allowed to proceed even though it did not submit a reference specification bid which all bidders have to follow.
The other three bidders are Union Link, Green Arrow, London and Continental.
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Lord McIntosh of Haringey has tabled three questions to put to the Government. These are:
1. Did any of the bidders fail to submit a bid on the basis of the reference specification?
2. If so, was any such bid accepted for consideration?
3. If so, was any such bid accepted on the basis of information submitted after the deadline of 14 March?
The leaked documents are minutes of three meetings of the Government's Channel Link Adjudication Group. They suggest that Eurorail, one of the four consortia bidding to build the link, has been allowed to proceed even though it did not submit a reference specification bid which all bidders have to follow.
The other three bidders are Union Link, Green Arrow, London and Continental.
See full-story on page 20
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