Following
disclosure of significant failings in Eye's latest survey on IEP costs the following statement has been
issued:
IEP cost comparator survey cancelled
The
Fact Compiler has today announced that the survey on IEP costs has been
cancelled following the discovery of significant technical flaws in the
way the process was conducted.
The decision means that Railway
Eye readers will no longer be able to vote on comparative costs between
IEP and Pendolino vehicle diagrammes in a poll due to expire on the 31st
October. It is consequently no longer contesting the judicial review
sought by Mr Kipling in the High Court (Is this right!?! Ed).
The
flaws uncovered relate to the way the survey process was conducted on
Railway Eye. An announcement will be made later today concerning the
suspension of staff while an investigation takes place.
Railway
Eye is resolving urgently the future arrangements for Eye surveys and
will ensure that a normal service of bile and invective continue
uninterrupted. The Fact Compiler stressed today that passengers and tax
payers will continue to be ill served by the Incredibly Expensive
Procurement.
The Fact Compiler has also:
- ordered two independent reviews to be undertaken urgently: the first into what went wrong with the Eye poll and the lessons to be learned (note this will be significantly delayed, if it appears at all), the second into the wider use of surveys on Railway Eye, both overseen by leading business figures...