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Committee files curbside award after bidders and taxi drivers raise procurement and safety concerns
Summary
After public testimony from taxi and rideshare drivers and multiple bidders alleging problems with the procurement, the Transportation Committee filed the resolution to award curbside management services to Laz CCD joint venture. The committee vote to file was 2 yeas, 3 abstentions; the item will return for further review.
The Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee on Wednesday filed — rather than approved — a resolution to award curbside management services at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport after public comment and bidders urged a pause to review the procurement process.
The resolution (25R4122) authorizes a three-year curbside management agreement with Laz CCD joint venture with a management fee "not to exceed $930,000" and a reimbursable operating budget listed at $29,091,544.80. After more than an hour of public comment from taxi drivers, rideshare drivers and multiple companies that responded to the city's request-for-proposals, the committee voted to file the item; the tally recorded in committee was 2 yeas and 3 abstentions.
Matthew Veach, senior vice president of business development for MB Transportation, said his company was initially told its proposal was…
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