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Supervisors approve waiver for PUC construction-management contract after hours of debate on conflict concerns
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved legislation on Jan. 27 that grants the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission a waiver of competitive procurement rules to award a construction management services contract (agenda item 11), after extended floor debate about a potential conflict of interest and procurement history.
Lede: The Board of Supervisors approved legislation on Jan. 27 that grants the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission a waiver of competitive procurement rules to award a construction management services contract (agenda item 11), after extended floor debate about a potential conflict of interest and how the board previously directed procurement for pieces of the larger water system program.
Nut graf: Supervisors examined whether splitting a previously bid $45 million delivery agreement into smaller pieces, and then awarding one of those pieces to a firm with a role in drafting the plan behind the RFP, was an adequate remedy to a conflict-of-interest determination described in the city attorney's report. The budget committee's analyst and other supporters said the RFP process…
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