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Boone County commissioners open negotiations with low-cost bidder while approving incumbent contract pending legal review
Summary
After hours of public comment and technical questioning about scope and staffing, the Boone County Commissioners voted to initiate negotiations with Nexus Group while also approving the incumbent GUTS contract pending legal review; the motion to negotiate passed 2–1.
Boone County commissioners voted on Nov. 17 to initiate negotiations with Nexus Group on cyclical reassessment and new-construction vendor contracts while also approving proceeding with incumbent GUTS pending legal review, after a lengthy public discussion about staffing, scope and cost.
The county assessor presented two responsive proposals: GUTS, the long-time local vendor (combined annual bids read into the record of approximately $338,600 for cyclical reassessment and $620,980 for new construction), and Nexus Group, whose combined bids were read as $125,000 and $155,000 for the two contracts. The bids as presented to the board produced a roughly $679,600 annual difference in favor of Nexus on the record, prompting detailed questioning from commissioners and staff about whether the proposals were “apples to apples.”
The assessor told the board her office relies on outside vendors for reassessment work given current…
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