McGrigor: “Executive can’t afford repeat of Northlink tendering fiasco”

Commenting after state-owned Caledonian MacBrayne were confirmed as the Scottish Executive’s preferred bidder for the Northern Isles ferry contract, Conservative Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie McGrigor said:

“The Scottish Executive’s handling of the tendering for ferry services to the Northern Isles has been poor from the start.

“I just hope the Executive have learnt from the mistakes of the past and have ensured CalMac are fully aware of all the obligations of maintaining these lifeline services for Orkney and Shetland.

“We cannot afford a repeat of the fiasco the last tender process resulted in as the Scottish taxpayer will not be prepared to pick up the bill again for more Executive mistakes”.