Are the decisions of the Citadelle’s board of directors soluble in legal proceedings? In any case, the Council of State has just suspended a contract signed in the spring, with the company Illico, for the installation of hot drink dispensers for staff use. A contract for the supply of ninety devices for five years, enough to serve an estimated quantity of between seven and ten million doses of freeze-dried coffee, by the cup or in thermos.
The volume may come as a surprise, but each treatment room has a sort of herbal tea room, not to mention the offices of the administrative services. Half a dozen candidates submitted an offer, enticed by the prospect of turning their sock juice into liquid gold. And one of the ousted competitors, Douwe Egberts, spotted a formal defect in the awarding of the contract.