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Council asks staff to review RFQ transparency after contractor complaints
Summary
After lengthy debate, council directed Councilmember Campbell to work with procurement, the city attorney and staff to research RFQ 'gold-standard' practices and come back with recommendations for improving transparency in selection and scoring processes under Arizona procurement law (Title 34).
Councilmember Nancy Campbell opened a broad discussion March 10 about the city’s request-for-qualifications (RFQ) and procurement practices after contractors raised concerns about disqualifications and perceptions of insider advantage.
Campbell pressed that RFQ evaluation results should be more transparent to provide certainty to contractors and to reduce perceptions of bias. "State statute says that there should never be any form of, communication in regards to fees," Campbell said, urging that the evaluation and ranking used to select the top-qualified firm be…
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