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toddwright
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What is the name of your state? ALABAMA
My company recently was the lowest bidder for computer equipment to a state agency. This was a sealed bid and no specifications were included other than what was in the bid itself. The Agency awarded the bid to another company (whose bid was $2000 MORE than mine) stating reasons of incompatibility issues with our system. They consulted with a CLOSE business associate to the "other" company (the one that was awarded the bid) to come up with this bogus reasoning of not awarding the bid to the rightful winner. I have talked to the director of the state agency in question and he consulted with his legal counsel and told me yesterday that they wanted to know what it would take to settle this because they did (and could not)allow this to "get out". I turned the question of settling this matter around to the director and ask him what he thought his punishment should be and his response was a "sincere apology from the director". Well......that isn't going to cut it. These people broke the Alabama Bid Law and I don't know how many other bids they have treated this way. Anyone know any legal precedence in a situation of violation of State Bid Laws?
My company recently was the lowest bidder for computer equipment to a state agency. This was a sealed bid and no specifications were included other than what was in the bid itself. The Agency awarded the bid to another company (whose bid was $2000 MORE than mine) stating reasons of incompatibility issues with our system. They consulted with a CLOSE business associate to the "other" company (the one that was awarded the bid) to come up with this bogus reasoning of not awarding the bid to the rightful winner. I have talked to the director of the state agency in question and he consulted with his legal counsel and told me yesterday that they wanted to know what it would take to settle this because they did (and could not)allow this to "get out". I turned the question of settling this matter around to the director and ask him what he thought his punishment should be and his response was a "sincere apology from the director". Well......that isn't going to cut it. These people broke the Alabama Bid Law and I don't know how many other bids they have treated this way. Anyone know any legal precedence in a situation of violation of State Bid Laws?