Posted on 06/30/2009 5:53:38 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan
ALBANY - The Dougherty County Commission voted unanimously Monday to reject all bids on the construction of a new Public Works building, including LRA Constructors Inc.'s low bid of $650,390, after County Attorney Spencer Lee recommended such action based on constitutionality issues.
Lee outlined for the Commission the reasons for his recommendation, noting that a 2008 disparity study conducted by BBC Research & Consulting of Denver found that a system calling for minority-based participation quotas and "good-faith" efforts was unconstitutional under existing federal law.
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The Dougherty County Commission voted unanimously Monday to reject all bids on the construction of a new Public Works building, including LRA Constructors Inc.'s low bid of $650,390 ... "This bid proposal was sent out through the city and includes race- and gender-conscious elements. Therefore, based on the BBC ruling, I recommend that you reject all bids and re-bid the project."
Grrrrrrrrr!! Rebid 'this'.
I hated it when this happened. Now every contractor under the Sun knows what the bids were. Not only the low bid amount. So thanks for nothing, the Contractors needed the Estimating practice anyway.
But don't be surprised boys if, or when, you don't even get the legal minimum of three qualified bidders next time (required on Public Projects per Federal Law). Contractors may be dumb, but they ain't stupid.
Legalities aside. I'm just addressing the Re-Bid issue. We always passed when the re-bid came around.
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