Maryland seeks probe of company that failed to deliver masks

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 6:31 pm CDT, Saturday, May 2, 2020

BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials are seeking an investigation into a politically connected company that contracted to provide the state with $12.5 million worth of personal protective equipment that never arrived.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the state signed a deal on April 1 with Blue Flame Medical LLC for 1.5 million N95 masks and 110 ventilators. But the equipment never showed up and Maryland canceled the contract.

Blue Flame Medical was founded in late March by Mike Gula, a former Republican Party fundraiser, with John Thomas, also a GOP consultant, according to multiple news reports.

“We have determined that since it has been one month since the order was placed with no confirmation of shipment, we are in the process of cancelling the order and have referred this matter to the Attorney General,” Nick Cavey, a spokesman for the state Department of General Services, said in a statement to The Baltimore Sun on Saturday.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Maryland-seeks-probe-of-company-that-failed-to-15242751.php

[orleans]

1. doesn't the state of maryland check out the company they are doing business with

especially when it comes to MILLIONS of dollars?

maryland placed this order one or two weeks after two republican con jobs started the "company"

[CrispyQ]

5. This!!!

WTF?

[tikka]

2. Gula probably thought he had an in with Kushner

since he was a republican fund raiser. So sad he was good enough for the "slim suit" crowd.

[Scarsdale]

3. Did they check Jared's warehouse?

He specializes in taking charge of supplies, usually AFTER they are paid for.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Republican seller has 'relationships with a lot of people.'

Republican seller has 'relationships with a lot of people.'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142462680

Republican fundraiser looks to cash in on coronavirus

The fundraiser, Mike Gula, didn’t specify his new line of work in the email. But in an interview, he said he’d started a new company selling medical equipment that’s been in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Asked how he’d managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, “I have relationships with a lot of people.”

[turbinetree]

6. LOCK THEM UP................