The Vocational Training Council failed to follow protocols and was unfair in a tendering process last year, the Office of the Ombudsman said yesterday.
It said the council had favoured a baking equipment supplier by approving its non-conforming bid and allowing it to change the bidding terms after the tender closed.
The council said it did not agree with the conclusion and no one would be disciplined. But it agreed there were flaws in its procedures that needed to be corrected.
The Ombudsman launched the investigation after another supplier complained.
According to the report, the supplier said it received an invitation on November 15 last year to tender for the supply of four items for one of the council's campuses holding an anniversary celebration and open day on December 9.
The campus was not named but the Institute of Vocational Education in Kwun Tong celebrated its 30th anniversary on that date.
