BBC investigation reveals bidding anomalies.
Concerns have been raised over why a firm was awarded a contract to knock down a former Victorian workhouse which was more than three times the price quoted by an award-winning company. It follows a BBC investigation into plans to demolish Westcliffe Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council set a budget of £1.2m for demolishing the building and last month it accepted a price of about £1.1m from a firm to complete the work. However, documents obtained by the BBC showed the cheapest quote received by the council was actually £309,000.
The lowest bid was rejected, despite the contractor being an award-winning firm and one of the biggest demolition companies in the UK.
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