Waste Cited in No-Bid Contracts (DCPS)

[northzax]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47791-2004Apr27.html

Waste Cited in No-Bid Contracts
School Security Costs Scrutinized
By Justin Blum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 28, 2004; Page B01


The District public school system probably paid a security contractor about $11.4 million more than necessary because of a lack of competitive bidding, according to an audit released yesterday by the city's inspector general.
After a long-term security contract with MVM Inc. of Vienna expired in 2001, the school system issued temporary extensions until 2003 without seeking bids, according to the audit. The failure to put the contract out for bidding resulted from poor planning, the inspector general said.

The report says the findings on excessive costs over the two-year period were based on the premise that "adequate price competition would have obtained more competitive labor rates for this labor-intensive contract."

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[Mandomaniac]

1. Who could have ever predicted that? n/t

[northzax]

2. what, that DCPS would waste money

or that no-bids are bad news?

or both?

[Skinner]

3. LOL

I vote for both.