Michael Masutha said Gavin Watson asked him to intervene in a dispute between Bosasa and the correctional services department.
"One of them introduced himself as Mr Gavin Watson and in the course of thanking them and asking them if there were any costs incurred they forward the invoice to the department so that the accommodation could be paid for.Masutha said Watson then proceeded to ask him to intervene in a dispute between Bosasa and the correctional services department, which at the time was seeking to"disaggregate" the company's lucrative contract.
"I said to him that I don't deal with procurement or any contractual issues at the department. If indeed he felt that they had complaints he wished to raise with my office he should do so in writing, I don't deal with matters informally." "It became apparent to me a few months later, because I wasn't even aware that there was a procurement process under way in the department, soon after the awarding of the contract where some of the management areas had been awarded to other service providers and the time Bosasa sought to challenge the legitimacy of awarding those management areas on the grounds that the companies that were awarded did not meet the criteria.
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