London Metropolitan Police how deep dose the rot go

London Metropolitan Police how deep dose the rot go

Is there more corruption than we think?
I recently tendered for a contract on the tender site CompeteFor, this was for the London Metropolitan Police.
The tender was completed and after the closing date we where emailed to inform us that we had been successful and awarded the tender.
A couple of days later we received an holding email from the Met purchaser stating that they were not familiar with the competeFor procedure and to be patient.
We egerly awaited an order, nothing, we emailed the purchaser to see what the situation was, nothing, we emailed again, nothing, bit of a theme here then finally we received an email.
The email stated Following on from my previous email there was errors beyond my control within my CompeteFor and an award should not have not been sent to any suppliers. I did liaise with the people in charge of CompeteFor to recall the award however I am unsure if this happened. The items listed on CompeteFor are no longer required.
This statement is in conflict with previous communications and I somewhat suspect that the statement, the items are no longer required means that they have already been purchased somewhere else.

So what can be deduced

The purchasing procedures at the metropolitan police are so loose that tenders are generated when there is no demand, possible though unlikely.

Tenders are awarded and they decide to completely ignore the procedure and place the order elsewhere.

This raises the question where there is lack of control and due scrutiny there is opportunity for abuse, this has a tendency to lead to corruption, I will let you come to your own conclusions.