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Board upholds procurement director on Espararo Wash culvert project; denies contractor protest
Summary
Pima County supervisors denied an appeal from Falcone Brothers challenging a limited‑competition procurement for the Espararo Wash culvert replacement, saying the method was justified to complete the work before the monsoon season. The board voted to uphold the procurement director's decision.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors upheld the procurement director’s use of a limited‑competition procurement strategy for the Espararo Wash at Sunrise Drive culvert replacement and denied an appeal from Falcone Brothers and Associates, the contractor that protested the process.
Background: The project first went out under the county’s job‑order‑contracting pool but the bids exceeded the $3,000,000 threshold allowed under that award pool. Procurement rebid the project using a limited competition among prequalified contractors so that the county could accelerate work and complete the culvert replacement before…
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