Rohit Jain: Corruption & Crime Commission reports ‘serious misconduct’ in biodegradable apron contract

A senior health support services employee has reportedly engaged in serious misconduct by disclosing confidential information and delaying an application for the supply of hospital-grade equipment to help his friends create a rival company and secure a contract worth millions. The Corruption and Crime Commission formed the opinion Rohit Jain — an administrator in the procurement and supply business unit of health support services — “deliberately disclosed confidential information from a supplier of hospital grade biodegradable aprons to two of his close friends” in order to help them establish a company that was trying to sell similar goods. The commission reported Mr Jain “then delayed the supplier’s application to assist his friends to establish a company in direct competition” so they could become a supplier of HSS. A report into his actions, tabled in State Parliament on Tuesday, said he was given a “fuel card, debit card and mobile phone” by those friends for the help in securing the deal. “Mr Jain acted dishonestly as an employee of HSS.” “The Commission has formed an opinion of serious misconduct by Mr Rohit Jain. “The report also makes two recommendations to HSS for improvements to its risk assessment and due diligence processes for contracts.” The company which Mr Jain helped secure the contract was named Medsaa Pty Ltd and traded as BioComp. Medsaa is controlled by Prateek Jain and Ms Shweta Jain, with Rohit unrelated but family friends with the pair. Growise Pty Ltd was the company that had its information disclosed by the senior employee and who missed out on the contract, which was worth an estimated approved total of $142m as of November 2023. Medsaa was estimated to have made between $100,000 and $120,000 between October 2023 and March 2025 after the contract was inked. Deputy Commissioner Michael Corboy said “procurement misconduct remains the most common form of misconduct investigated by the Commission.” “Government agencies need to ensure that their procurement policies and procedures are appropriate for their particular operational activities and that they are rigorously applied.” According to the CCC’s report, HSS — an arm of WA Health — said it was “reviewing procurement-related policy and procedures, enhancing integrity and misconduct education and training for staff and developing due diligence processes for adding new suppliers.” A spokesperson for HSS told The West Australian Mr Jain no longer worked for WA Health. “The actions described in the CCC report are deeply concerning and do not reflect the standards expected of our staff or suppliers,” they said. “Health Support Services upholds the value of its Code of Conduct and takes all allegations of misconduct extremely seriously. “The individual is no longer an employee of WA Health.” The spokesperson said the department would continue to use the current stock of aprons, maintaining confidence they were safe. “Health Support Services has reviewed the product purchases and has confidence that the biodegradable apron being used in WA public hospitals is a high quality and safe product,” they said. “The product has been removed from our ordering system, and Health Support Services will investigate alternative products and suppliers. “HSS will implement the CCC recommendations to ensure our safeguards are as robust as possible.” The CCC will review how HSS responded to the report in a year’s time.