Lost Profits Declined to Lowest Bidder and State Department Spends Over $50K on New Curtains
By Paul Emanuelli and Lisa Kuechler
This week’s newsreel includes a case note by Procurement Law Office Legal Counsel Anna Krol on a successful municipal low bid bypass in New Brunswick, as well stories about a single-bid controversy in Cape Breton, a $16 million federal options study in the ashes of the Phoenix boondoggle, a Montreal pothole scandal caused by lower bidder corner cutting, whistleblower corruption allegations in Arizona, multi-million dollar irregularities at the Ghana Gas Company, a Kenyan bid dispute board dam construction award to a UK firm, a record-breaking energy demand response contract in Illinois, commercial products avoidance by the US Army, and a $50K Manhattan spending spree by the US State Department on new UN embassy curtains.
Legal Update
Lost Profits Declined to Lowest Bidder
News Update
Single-Bid Controversy in Cape Breton Bridge Repair Tender
Post-Phoenix Feds to Burn $16 Million Studying New Options
Low Bidder Corner Cutting Causing Montreal Potholes
Arizona Whistleblower Claims State Overpaid Contractors
Audit Finds $138 Million in Irregularities at Ghana’s Gas Agency
Kenyan Bid Dispute Board Awards Dam Contract to UK Firm
Voltus Vaults to Industry Record in Illinois Demand Response Bid
Court Finds Army Broke Rules by Avoiding Commercial Products
