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Alpharetta council upholds finance director, denies protest of pavement-assessment award
Summary
The Alpharetta City Council unanimously denied an appeal from Applied Research Associates that sought review of the finance director’s decision to reject a late protest of the award for RFP 25-103 (pavement condition assessment). The council ruled the protest was untimely under the city’s procurement timelines.
The Alpharetta City Council on March 3, 2025 unanimously denied an appeal by Applied Research Associates Inc. of the finance director’s decision to reject the firm’s protest as untimely in connection with RFP 25-103, a pavement condition assessment and mapping contract. The council’s vote upheld an earlier award to Spencer Consulting.
City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom and Tom Harris, the director of finance, told the council that the notice of award for RFP 25-103 was posted to the city’s Bonfire procurement portal on Nov. 20, 2024. Under the city’s procurement code a seven-day protest period applies; city staff said that advice from legal added three days under state law related to public…
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