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Supervisors split on official advertising: Chronicle removed from six-month rotation, outreach list continued
Summary
A dispute over whether the San Francisco Chronicle missed bid deadlines led the Board of Supervisors to amend a proposed designation of official city newspapers, removing the Chronicle from a split contract and continuing a related outreach-media item for further review.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors amended and approved a resolution designating the city's official newspapers for fiscal year 2016-17, removing the San Francisco Chronicle from a planned six-month split after staff said the Chronicle's bid was late and therefore nonresponsive.
The board's vote followed a lengthy debate in which supervisors and Office of Contract Administration (OCA) staff described the competitive solicitation process and whether failure to file a timely bid should be excused. The amendment to the original committee report passed 6-4; the board then approved the item as amended.
Supervisor Aaron…
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