Always, always it's Conways

[Green Goose]

Competitive tendering would suggest that several different contractors would be involved in doing work for Southwark.

Why is it always only Conways that we see doing work for Southwark?

They have spent weeks working at the end of Glengarry Road where it meets East Dulwich Grove and apart from blocking off Glengarry and making the EDG narrower, there appears to be little benefit.

Maybe someone can explain cos it beats me why money is being spent this way!

GG

[grace3]

Now! you are not the first to 'wonder' this question.

[unlurked]

Why don't you ask Barber to look into the multi million pound year on year contract awarded to CONways, and how they are also taking permanent council jobs?

[buggie]

Had Conways replace the pavement on my road few weeks back, thought something was up when I saw the sign saying they were expecting it to take 2wks (the pavement is no more than 50 metres long) it ended up stretching to 3wks & of that half the time no one was there (the final week was just waiting for tar acing round the tree roots).

I ended up being on nodding terms with the one guy who was consistently working on it (most of the time on his own) so much so that I saw him working on their pavement works on NCR last wk & he said hello!

[ratty]

Do you really think they tender for each job?

[PokerTime]

No don't ask Barber...because he will have to tell you about all the bad contracts the Liberal council sold us into when they were in charge.

Companies tender for contracts lasting years, and that's why you see the same contractors doing all the work. It would be a bureaucratic nightmare if there where multiple contracters tendering on a regular basis. You only have to look at how difficult it is for Southwark to manage one contracter to see that.

[Loz]

I thought they were usually framework contracts? So a number of contractors would be available for any given job.

[adonirum]

Surely the answer to the question is the age old answer..... golf club, rugby club, funny handshake club etc etc