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Article: New bids sought for uniforms Police contract rules eased to spur entries
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 9, 2009
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City Hall is starting over on the long, big-bucks competition to
hire a supplier of uniforms to Milwaukee police.
Purchasing officials are rejecting all bids after the sole
qualifying vendor's price came in $340,000 higher than one of its
main competitors -- a 33% premium, as the Journal Sentinel reported
last month.
Goldfish Uniforms, the high bidder, had emerged as the favorite
because other potential vendors did not propose a subcontract with a
disadvantaged business, as the city required. The lower bidders said
they could not, because only Goldfish is certified as a
disadvantaged company.
The disadvantaged-business requirement will be dropped from the
new bid specifications to increase ...