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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 26 02:21:22 2014, in response to Re: R-30, posted by 3-9 on Sun Oct 26 02:13:07 2014. They didn't have the right friends among the politicos. Years later, Al D'Amato picked the winners. Game's been the same even before him. Back in the day, mayor got squeezed, after the MTA, it was the governor that got squeezed to give it to a particular contractor even if they weren't the lowest qualified bid. :(Damned shame about Budd. They built some really good stuff, and they built some really crappy stuff. But they were highly creative, and didn't always submit the bid to the original drawings, but were willing to sell good reasons why they did something a little different that should have been heeded. When you don't submit EXACTLY to specifications, that gives the politicos the out to disqualify you even if it's a superior design. When I worked for the state, I almost always got what I wanted, and would go to bat for a vendor who offered something far better than what was specified because things had changed since they were written. But if a vendor successfully challenges a bid by a competitor and has the balls of a leader, they win regardless. :( |
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