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Commission asks staff for vendor data as concerns raised about noncompetitive professional-services contracts
Summary
Commissioners voted to ask staff for a census of professional-services contracts after public commenters and commissioners flagged sole-source awards, extensions and potentially high fees; staff said data and records are available for review.
The Budget and Finance Commission requested a catalog of professional-services contract data from city staff after a discussion about how such services are procured and paid.
Jim Mueller, who spoke as a public commenter and described experience in municipal procurement, told the commission that the municipal code treats many professional categories as noncompetitive and cited examples where sole-source contracts and extensions…
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