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Elkhart City rescinds police vehicle upfitting contract after packet found incomplete; plans rebid

5818064 · September 12, 2025
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City legal staff asked the Board of Public Safety to rescind an awarded contract for upfitting police vehicles after finding required documents missing and specification errors; the board voted to rescind and reject all bids and to rebid the work.

The Elkhart City Board of Public Safety voted Sept. 9 to rescind a previously awarded contract for upfitting police vehicles and to reject all bids for bid number 2501 after city legal staff discovered the awarded packet was incomplete.

Rose Rivera, city legal counsel, told the board that the packet for the contract awarded to Auto Obsessions lacked required material and that the omissions were substantial. "We had…

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