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Boone County commissioners deny assessor's proposed one‑year reassessment contract after Nexus files protest
Summary
The Boone County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 19 refused a proposed one‑year contract extension with the incumbent reassessment vendor and instead approved job descriptions so the assessor can staff work in‑house after rejecting all RFP bids; Nexus Group submitted a written protest alleging the low bid was improperly rejected and cited Indiana procurement law (IC 6‑1.1‑4‑18.5).
Boone County commissioners on Dec. 19 voted to deny the assessor's request to recontract with the current reassessment vendor for a single year after the county received a written protest from Nexus Group alleging the county improperly rejected the lowest responsive bid.
Assessor Leslie told the board she rejected the bids from this year's RFP and asked for a one‑year extension of the incumbent vendor's contract to avoid disrupting work that must begin in January. Leslie said the total contract value for 2026 would be $915,938 and that, as an alternate, she proposed extending a narrower contract (about $643,000) while hiring staff for in‑house reassessment work, estimating the additional personnel cost at $381,332.05.
A representative read a written protest from Nexus Group, dated Dec. 17, 2025, which "constitutes a formal protest of, 1, the rejection of our bid"…
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