41. In sum, the cartel-style arrangements under which the ePassport contract has been handled are illustrative of ‘business as usual’ within the TFG, notably the brazen collusion of senior officials and their business counterparts for the purpose of personal profit without even nominal reference to basic principles of tendering such as transparency, competition, quality or conflict of interest.
41. In sum, the cartel-style arrangements under which the ePassport contract has been handled are illustrative of ‘business as usual’ within the TFG, notably the brazen collusion of senior officials and their business counterparts for the purpose of personal profit without even nominal reference to basic principles of tendering such as transparency, competition, quality or conflict of interest.