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Committee reviews request to raise LAUSD facilities construction delegation from $85M to $145M to speed projects
Summary
Chief procurement officer Matt Friedman asked the committee to increase delegated authority for facilities construction projects from $85 million (a 2015 threshold) to $145 million to reflect inflation and reduce a 45–60 day paperwork delay between contract award and board ratification; the committee discussed safeguards and referred the proposal to the full board for action.
Matt Friedman, LA Unified’s chief procurement officer, asked the Facilities & Procurement Committee to update a delegation of authority that dates to roughly 2015 by raising the delegated threshold for facilities construction projects from $85,000,000 to $145,000,000.
Friedman said the change reflects roughly 10 years of construction-cost escalation and would…
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