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Southwest Ranches council rejects top-ranked Arcadis contract after resident objections over optics
Summary
After public objections tied to Arcadis’s prior work on a Broward County study residents associate with an incinerator option, the Town Council voted to reject the top-ranked firm for a $200,000 vulnerability-assessment contract and directed staff to pursue the second-ranked vendor.
The Town of Southwest Ranches council voted to reject the procurement committee’s top-ranked firm, Arcadis US Inc., for a proposed $200,000 vulnerability assessment after residents raised concerns about the firm’s prior work and the optics of awarding it local town business.
Mayor Bright Crews told the council that Arcadis had been hired by Broward County in 2015 to produce options that included incineration and said that the firm was “following directions” from the county when that study generated public opposition. He said he reviewed the prior…
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