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re: Company hired to clean NOLA catch basins fired by City after less than 3 weeks

Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:19 pm to
Posted by Brummy
Central, LA
Member since Oct 2009
4676 posts
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:19 pm to
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The main problem is Public Bid Law. Low bid rarely is the best value.

It looks like neither was actually the lowest bidder - RAMJ was #2 and Compliance was #4. So at least there was some process to eliminate unqualified bidders, although apparently not quite enough.

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Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56166 posts
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:22 pm to
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Obviously that resulted in about 8 guys standing around with their thumbs up their asses.


This was standard practice with the La. highway Dept. when I lived in La.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:25 pm to
Not necessarily. There are usually project specifics in the contract. Even if they're the usual specs, they still have to be in there
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