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Lawmakers press review after emergency chiller rental and sole-source contract at Western Mental Health Institute
Summary
The Department of Mental Health told the Fiscal Review Committee it rented a 400-ton chiller in mid-2024 under an emergency purchase and later entered a sole-source sole-year contract for continued rental. Representatives criticized the extended rental costs and urged a procedural review of procurement and agency coordination.
Angela Jackson, assistant director of legislation and rules for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, told the committee that Western Mental Health Institute in Bolivar needed a temporary 400-ton chiller in early 2024 after the existing chillers began failing.
"In July 2024 under a 6 month emergency purchase request, Western Mental Health Institute was allowed to rent a temporary chiller," Jackson said, explaining the department contacted three vendors and that EZUS Hold Co. LLC was the only vendor that could promptly provide the required 400-ton unit.
The department later entered a one-year sole-source contract to…
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