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City notes emergency procurement with KCI Technologies to address permit review surge; board seeks outcome metrics
Summary
Baltimore officials described an emergency procurement with KCI Technologies to supply engineering review capacity while three engineer positions remain vacant. Administration says KCI contributed to clearing tasks and the city will track review times and permit issuance outcomes.
City officials told the Board of Estimates on Dec. 3 that an emergency procurement with KCI Technologies is providing surge engineering review capacity while the Department of Housing & Community Development and other agencies fill three vacant engineer positions.
Commissioner Kennedy said the contract—an up to amount of $232,530—was used to deploy engineers to assist with high‑volume reviews such as solar installations, fire alarms and…
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