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Committee presses for vendor monitoring after complaints about landscaping contracts
Summary
Finance committee members raised concerns about performance and possible conflict-of-interest involving two landscaping contracts awarded by sealed bid and asked administration to produce monitoring data and options for procurement changes; a November follow-up was scheduled.
Doctor White, the district—s chief operating officer, told the finance and operations committee that two landscaping contracts were awarded by sealed bid and that procurement followed the city—s low-bid rules. "These were the 2 contracts based on bid that have been awarded," Doctor White said, adding staff have not found documentation sufficient to pursue vendor debarment at this time.
Committee members, led by Miss Downer, raised repeated concerns about vendor performance and whether the district should begin a debarment process. Downer cited alleged poor performance and a…
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