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City says updated bid language, federal grants will fund airport baggage system replacement
Summary
Palm Springs airport officials said outreach and changes to bid language — including a reduced self-performance requirement — aim to attract more bidders for a planned baggage handling system replacement funded largely with federal grants and local airport funds.
Harry Barrett, executive director of aviation for the Palm Springs International Airport, told council April 23 that the city expanded contractor outreach and revised bid language to attract contractors for the airport’s baggage handling system replacement.
Barrett said staff held industry outreach and an “industry day,” and that a key change to the solicitation was lowering a self-performance requirement…
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