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Commissioners approve Northport fit-up contract after bidder protests over ARPA forms
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to award a fit-up construction contract for 27 Northport to Benchmark of Westbrook after a competing low bidder protested that mandatory ARPA/federal-provision forms were applied inconsistently. County staff said federal compliance (2 CFR Part 200) governed eligibility.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved awarding the fit-up construction contract for 27 Northport to the recommended bidder, Benchmark of Westbrook, after a public comment and follow-up discussion about whether federally required American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provisions were submitted by all bidders.
The commission closed a public hearing and voted to approve the award following a staff presentation that said seven bidders responded to the solicitation and that compliance with federal requirements — specifically the Uniform Administrative Requirements codified in 2 CFR part 200 — is a pass/fail element of the procurement evaluation. "We received actually 7 bidders," Sandy Warren, the county's compliance and audit manager, told the board as she described the…
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