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Local engineering firm protests county award for April Road bridge contract, cites budget and procurement concerns
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Andrew Neney, owner of Lower Columbia Engineering, told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 27 that his firm filed a formal protest of the countys award of engineering services for the April Road bridge project.
Andrew Neney, owner of Lower Columbia Engineering, told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 27 that his firm filed a formal protest of the countys award for engineering services for the April Road bridge project.
Neney said the protest alleges the county effectively hired the top-ranked firm, DEA, prior to completing the public procurement process and that action "sacrificed any competitive advantage that the county had and eliminated the number of firms that would pursue the project." He told commissioners that the contract before the board was already approximately $77,000 over the budget stipulated in the…
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