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Pittsburgh district defends expedited RFPs after controller flags short posting window for special-education contracts
Summary
At the April 23 agenda-review meeting, a board director relayed the city controller’s concern that RFPs for special-education contractors were posted only 11 days; district officials said Pennsylvania sets no posting minimum, the RFP drew 34 respondents, the contracts are three‑year do-not-exceed agreements, and funding comes largely from special‑education and general funds.
At an April 23 agenda-review meeting, Director Silk read a communication from the city controller’s office urging school directors to vote no on several contract items and saying the request-for-proposals had been posted for just 11 days instead of the 30 days commonly cited as best practice. "Primarily, the concern focused on the fact that our the RFP for these services was only posted for 11 days," Silk said.
Mr. Joseph, a district administrator, responded that Pennsylvania does not impose a state-mandated minimum posting period for RFPs and that best practice—rather than law—is…
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