Hi there Hive community. 1st of all I want to congratulate everyone for Hive's successful launch! Sorry Justin 😆.
This is my first post here, but I think this is too much (after many shady moves) and I don’t know if international news are reporting about this so here we go. All available data at the end of the post.
On Thursday, April 30th 2020, Spanish government made public their great deal with a phantom company called MJ Steps, whose current address is unknown; Paying 4,3M € (∼4,7M $) for 1,000,000 cotton swabs.
Just a quick math and we got a price of... 4,3€/4,7$ per cotton swab unit!! Seems like a good deal for you? Not for me… Lets go with a quick search and… https://www.amazon.com/Cleaning-Sterile-Applicators-Eyeshadow-Accessories/dp/B00Q66T8ZK
They use a moment of crisis like this to enrich themselves at the cost of more than 30,000 deaths (according to their numbers, which are also false).
And for sure, this is not about politics, is not about Party A vs Party B. With things like this, we are able to see that this guys do not know what its to have any kind of honor, or any respect for their compatriots.
More info about Spanish government shady business if people is interested and this post gets some traction. I wish best for you and yours in this difficult times!
JUST FOR BRAVE PEOPLE
Information on which I have relied to write this post:
STATE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER / Thursday, April 30th 2020 / Public Sector Procurement announcement
https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2020/04/30/pdfs/BOE-B-2020-13138.pdf
Document translation (Only the interesting fragments here).
STATE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
Thursday, April 30th 2020
Public Sector Procurement announcement
.......
6 Description of the tender: Supply of 1,000,000 swabs for sampling.
7 Type of AWARD PROCEDURE
7.1) Type: ACCELERATED NEGOTIATION WITHOUT ADVERTISING (Covid19) .
7.2) Justification:
7.2.1) Extremely urgent situation
7.3) Explanation: Covid19.
11 OFFERS RECEIVED:
11.1) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:1.
12 SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS:
12.1) Name: MJ Steps.
12.3) Address: Unknown address
12.4) Town: Address unknown
12.7) Country: Spain
13 Value of the offers:
13.1) Value of the selected offer: 4,300,000.00 euros.
Full translated document https://pastebin.com/6cwQWb1r