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Rockingham County commissioners table janitorial contract after safety, hours and pricing concerns
Summary
After a multi-hour review of janitorial bids, commissioners asked vendors for clarifying answers on window-cleaning methods, staffing hours and insurance exposure and voted to table an award until vendors can respond and Star (one bidder) can be given the same questions.
Rockingham County commissioners on Jan. 8 tabled a decision on a new janitorial contract after an extended discussion over how competing bids accounted for labor hours, specialized window cleaning and liability.
Commissioners and staff debated whether to split the contract — excluding window cleaning from the award — or require vendors to bid on a uniform set of hours. Department staff and multiple commissioners said the RFP responses arrived with inconsistent assumptions about hours and night-shift coverage, which made direct price comparisons difficult. The board’s procurement lead and…
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