With no formal bidding process, the state of Michigan likely paid hundreds of thousands of dollars too much for emergency supplies related to the Flint Water Crisis.

According to a study done by the Detroit Free Press, the state relied almost exclusively on one out-of-state company with ties to a top aide to Governor Rick Snyder.

FEMA, which in some cases paid more than 20-percent less than what the state was charged for the same item, bought from six different vendors.