A director of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) admitted that he told contractor Rydon that its price was in first place to win the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower prior to a contract award but denied it was “irregular” to do so.
Giving evidence to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for a second day, Peter Maddison denied that he had told Rydon it was going to get the contract.
But he admitted that he did tell Rydon it was in “first place” in March 2014. Asked by lead counsel to the Inquiry Richard Millett QC if he thought giving Rydon such an indication was “irregular”, Maddison denied that it was. Asked if it was “unwise” he said: “I think any dialogue at this stage did bring about a risk of challenge, that’s why we took some initial legal advice around this approach because it was a very difficult position we were in.
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