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Board counsel: new RFP likely safer than change order for athletic complex; ownership of $175,000 drawings unclear
Summary
Halifax County School Board legal counsel told members on a governance work session that adding an athletic complex to the existing high‑school contract by change order is a close legal call and that issuing a new request for proposals (RFP) would be the more conservative approach.
Halifax County School Board legal counsel told members on a governance work session that adding an athletic complex to the existing high‑school contract by change order is a close legal call and that issuing a new request for proposals (RFP) would be the more conservative approach.
The counsel said the question is whether stadiums, arenas and fields are a modification of the original building contract or constitute a new project requiring a new procurement. “I would be inclined to hear more about why the board would want to do this,” the counsel said, adding that the government‑contracts guidance they received was “fairly gray.”
The distinction matters because procurement statutes are designed to promote competition and to ensure the district gets low bids; if the…
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