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School district seeks bid waivers for two aging turf fields as court scrutiny clouds 'piggybacking' procurements
Summary
The City School District asked the Syracuse City Council for bid waivers on two turf-field replacements, citing a pending court appeal over use of piggyback contracts and warning that cancelling the current purchase orders would delay work and increase costs.
Tom Ferrer, director of facilities for the City School District, told the Syracuse City Council that two secondary turf fields — one behind the Henninger rink and one at Valleyfield — are more than 20 years old and in need of immediate replacement.
The district has already awarded purchase orders and seeks a bid waiver to proceed, Ferrer said, citing a pending appeal of a court ruling about a school district's use of piggybacking procurement in another jurisdiction. "So what happened was there was a piggybacking law in a rural school district down in the Binghamton area, went a little too far…
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