Ont. health agency scrutinized for contract tendering practices

Ont. health agency scrutinized for contract tendering practices
'Taxpayers are really getting ripped off': PC leader

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 10:27 PM ET
CBC News

An Ontario health agency has doled out nearly $5 million in contracts
without any apparent attempt to open up the deals to outside bidders,
documents obtained by CBC News show.

EHealth Ontario has come under scrutiny for its spending practices. (CBC)
Contracts valued at about $4.8 million were signed off by eHealth
Ontario's CEO and president, Sarah Kramer, during the first four
months of the newly formed agency's operation, according to documents
obtained by the Progressive Conservative party through a freedom of
information request.

A letter regarding the request states that no procurement documents
for consultant services were located "because none were created."

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