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XIV. On a supervisory mission, Mr. Famel inquired about the tender and bidding process for the construction of the ROWPS.  Mr. Luci explained that the letters of invitations had gone out with the bid evaluation criteria (Mr. Famel had approved the letters of invitation and evaluation criteria).  Mr. Famel saw evaluation criteria on Mr. Luci’s desk and he was unsure whether this evaluation criteria was the same that was attached to the letters of invitation.  Nevertheless, because of other pressing concerns, Mr. Famel did not follow up on that issue nor did he make a copy of the evaluation criteria.

XV. Last month, after all the bids were in and opened, the evaluation committee, made up of Mario, Mr. Luci and Mr. Hardwire, conducted a bid evaluation of all the contracts.  The winning bidder was a company called Simmons and McLeash.  

XVI. Last week, the Corruption and Fraud Investigation Unit (CFIU) received an anonymous complaint over their complaint line that Mr. Luci is illegally profiting from the PIU operation.  The Blueland Country Director confidentially notified the Prime Minister of the allegation and stated that the CFIU would be conducting an inquiry of the project.  The Prime Minister has pledged the fullest cooperation.  The Prime Minister was elected as the leader of Blueland, in part, on an anti-corruption platform.  Nervous that the CFIU will find information, the Prime Minister has ordered his own inquiry.

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