One more excerpt from the state auditors report on WSDOT management of the CRC. One UNNAMED SW WA city gets a $300,000 contract? The city then gives an unnamed consultant the job? $50,000 in honorariums? WSDOT paid a city $300,000 for a four-firm design contest but did not provide guidance. Contestant compensation was established before the city conducted unadvertised solicitations. WSDOT entered into a $300,000 contract with a southwest Washington city to procure design concepts for a connector. With WSDOT’s knowledge but without its guidance, the city contracted with a consultant to administer a four-firm contest to come up with the best design concept. These contracts gave WSDOT ownership of the design concepts. Contrary to the competition requirements in state law, the city did not publish an announcement to solicit statements of qualifications for this work. Instead, the consultant contacted seven firms by phone. From the contract proceeds, each of four contestants was paid a $50,000 honorarium. Normally, firms submit their own cost proposals before they meet with state or local governments to negotiate. However, the city established the $50,000 honorarium before it solicited interested firms or met to negotiate with them. The remaining $100,000 went mostly to the consultant who administered the contest, with a small amount going to the panel that selected the winning contestant.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:32:13 +0000
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