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Small‑business concerns surface as commissioners debate awarding professional‑services continuing contracts
Summary
A public commenter and commissioners urged the county to expand its pool of consultants under a broad professional‑services RFQ, arguing that limiting awards favors large firms; staff explained statutory limits on pricing, scoring, and how continuing contracts and work orders function.
During the consent‑agenda discussion on April 14, commissioners and a public commenter debated the county’s proposed structure for continuing professional‑services contracts and the number of firms to qualify in each category.
Amy Fu, president of Alpha Envirotech, told the board she ranked fourth on the RFQ for environmental services and asked the county to consider awarding more than three consultants for the category so small, local firms have an opportunity to perform work on county projects. “If county does not consider small businesses, opportunities like this will never come to us,” she said.
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