An order for 1.25 million protective masks is being put out to tender in NRW.
The contract was already awarded - but it was probably also mediated by Armin Laschet's son.
Düsseldorf - The
Van Laack fashion company was
supposed to
produce
1.25 million masks
.
And for the second time this year, for a special client: The
Ministry of the Interior
had ordered the everyday masks for the police.
But now the order is withdrawn from the company and put out to tender again - this is called reversal in technical terms.
The reason for this is a successful lawsuit before the Rhineland Public Procurement Chamber - which
could bring
Prime Minister
Armin Laschet (CDU) *
into distress.
The contract is now being put out to tender, across the EU.
A
Wuppertal entrepreneur
had sued because she considered the award to be illegal.
The
company Van Laack
had already received two other jobs - in the spring of the same order for
protective masks
, a little later an order for ten million gown.
And above all, this protective gown order had sparked debate because Laschet's son was involved in the initiation.
Armin Laschet: Son Joe works as a fashion influencer - and made contact with Van Laack
Armin Laschet's son Johannes also calls himself
Joe.
He works as a
fashion influencer *
- that is, he advertises fashion brands.
In spring 2020, he established contact between his father
Armin Laschet (CDU)
and his advertising partner - the
Van Laack fashion company.
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This order, in particular, had already caused a lot of discussion - especially after it became known in December that the
Essen University Hospital
had
withdrawn
its
protective gowns
.
They would tear quickly when you put them on, they said.
Why, as Prime Minister, can you actually buy clothes for more than one hundred million euros from a company that your son works for?
And why not step back when this clothing cannot even be used?
#Laschet #VonLaack
- Jan Bühlbecker 🌹🇪🇺🇮🇱✊ (@jan_buehlbecker) December 26, 2020
Debate about Laschet-Sohn: Procurement Chamber agrees with the plaintiff - “illegality” of the award?
A law firm on behalf of the entrepreneur, who also works in the industry, but had not received an order, had now sued.
The public procurement tribunal is a court-like body that reviews contracts from public authorities upon request.
The plaintiff and now victorious law firm stated that the result of the reversal and the EU-wide new tender corresponds to their application.
With the application "the
illegality of
the award was asserted."
Laschet
only apologized shortly before Christmas
for some errors in the
Corona
*
policy
- including the locking of the old people's homes in the spring.
The order for police protective clothing was not on his list of excuses.
At the
CDU party congress in January 2021 *
Armin Laschet
wants to become
CDU chairman
.
Although the reassignment can take until March 2021, according to the Interior Ministry, the protective masks should not be scarce at the NRW police.
(
kat / dpa
) *
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