Contract Standing Orders

£61m of contracts across eight Kent councils started before they were awarded

April 26, 2023 // 1 Comment

An analysis of eight out of twelve Kent Council’s shows that £61,317,807 worth of contracts were started before they were awarded, according to publicly available [...]

Part 2: Council invoiced for £4m with no contract in place

April 3, 2023 // 2 Comments

This is a guest post Yesterday, I let it be known Folkestone & Hythe District Council had made 650 retrospective purchase orders (RPO) in 2021/22, with a total value of [...]

Princes Parade: Financial mismanagement of Faithful & Gould contract

February 28, 2023 // 5 Comments

Updated 6 March @ 07:40am According to the Council’s procurement guide under Value for Money it states: Value for money is a balance of quality, price and delivery and [...]

Council Tax: Is it excessive to ask – Where’s all the money gone?

February 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

The last item on the agenda to go before full council, today, the 22 February is, Report number A/22/31 The last recommendations in the report states: To determine that the [...]

You’re my Mate

February 13, 2023 // 4 Comments

“You’re my mate and I will stand by you” sang Right Said Fred, on their single released on the 6 August 2001, and no doubt Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

Incompetence: Power without accountablity

February 8, 2023 // 1 Comment

Purchase Orders (POs) are either the prevention of all evil, or the creation of all evil in local government, and elsewhere. At Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they [...]

Our public face throws hat into ring for forthcoming May elections

February 1, 2023 // 7 Comments

Before getting onto the part where our public face throws his hat into the ring for the forthcoming elections in May, there’s another matter to draw to your attention. [...]

Princes Parade: A hat trick of contract irregularities

January 23, 2023 // 8 Comments

One has to hand it to Folkestone & Hythe District Council. They have single handedly awarded three contracts to companies who were working on Princes Parade, six months [...]

Council’s Chief Finance Officer is leaving the building

January 14, 2023 // 4 Comments

Charlotte Spendley the Chief Finance Officer (s151 Officer) at Folkestone & Hythe District Council is leaving the building sometime in the near future. Did she jump, or [...]

Some things never change, that’s just the way it is

January 4, 2023 // 5 Comments

As we begin the new year, it seems old habits die hard. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have awarded five contracts to Brighter Homes, based in Folkestone, according [...]

£1,452,646 spent on suppliers without a compliant contract

November 30, 2022 // 1 Comment

A damning report released today, by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, show that procurement management and contract standing orders (CSO) have been significantly [...]

Council whistleblower vindicated over contract irregularities

September 7, 2022 // 3 Comments

In a guest post back in June 2022, a Council Officer whistleblower claimed there was a lack of governance and internal controls within Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

And yet more contract irregularities at our Council

August 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

And yet again it happens. Three further contracts have been let which are in clear breach of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Contract Standing Orders (CSOs). [...]

Revealed: More than 500 contracts not on council’s contract register in a blow to transparency

August 4, 2022 // 2 Comments

On the 10 June a whistleblower claimed there was a lack of governance and internal controls within Folkestone & Hythe District Council. They made it clear there was [...]

Another financial irregularity at the council

June 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s constitution describes how they operate, makes sure they perform well, and are transparent. The constitution is the [...]

£658,771 of contract irregularities on just three contracts

June 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

‘Fraud‘ says The local government transparency code 2015 (the Code), ‘can thrive where decisions are not open to scrutiny and details of spending, contracts [...]

Is this evidence of Fraud, Financial Irregularities, Non Compliance @ Folkestone & Hythe District Council?

May 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

Each year the Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe District Council Audit & Governance Committee (A&GC), must respond to the external auditors letter which asks: [...]

More bent council contracts? You decide.

May 15, 2022 // 3 Comments

Is it incompetence, fraud, stupidity or something else? How can contracts begin before they are even awarded? The answer of course is they can’t, as this would be a [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

The Long Read: Princes Parade & Dubious Contracts. You Decide.

March 26, 2017 // 5 Comments

It has been reported to the Shepwayvox Team from both internal and external sources that Shepway District Council’s policy and procedures as laid down in their contract [...]

Shared Services & Consultants

November 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Leader of Shepway District Council, Cllr David “Drury” Monk (Con) and Corporate Director for Resources Jeremy Chambers have been exploring alternative service [...]

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