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Employees at Uddevalla Municipality was among other invited to bowling.
A bribery scandal are under reeling in Uddevalla Municipality, where officials from the IT department have eaten Christmas dinner, bowled and played racing game with vendors and representatives from the computer manufacturer Dell several years in a row. And at all times it is Dell who has paid, according Västnytt.

The snag is only that during the three years of IT officials julfestade with Dell salespeople so they bought into computers for nearly 50 million – from Dell.

But Britt-Inger Berntsson which is Uddevallas IT manager does not believe that one has with others do.

– I have extremely skilled and professional staff, and since we do not even affect what we get for suppliers, it has no importance whatsoever she says to Western New.
 

(…) because we do not even affect what we get for suppliers, it has no importance whatsoever

Uddevalla Municipality has repeatedly ordered computers directly from Dell accordance with Kammarkollegiet agreement. In all cases, Dell has also submitted the lowest bid, in competition with including HP and Lenovo.

But municipal manager Peter Larsson says that the Christmas table as the IT department allowed himself to be invited on is not compatible with the municipality’s policy. Now, an external review of the Dell Christmas buffets implemented.

– The manager is aware that it was improperly done. We learn and move on. This will not happen again, says Peter Larsson Västnytt.

” We from Dell page is extremely careful to follow all of the ethical guidelines and all applicable laws in the countries in which we operate, regardless of the organization or company we work with, “writes Dell Marketing Manager Thomas Weimer in a written comment to SVT.