LOCSU, which last week told of its disappointment at losing out on the contract (News 14.02.14), was awaiting comment on its continuing grounds for a legal challenge.
A ‘standstill’ period prior to the contract award had been extended until midnight February 20.
LOCSU chairman Alan Tinger said: ‘This will still allow time for a formal legal challenge by LOCSU, if the response from the DVLA does not satisfactorily deal with all the potential grounds for legal challenge put forward again including requests for further information.’
Meanwhile, dispensing optician James Oliver Radley, of J Oliver Radley Opticians, wrote to his local Hertfordshire MP Oliver Heald about the DVLA’s decision.
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