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Originally Posted by Wiggum_PI
I'm not saying that ITRL should've been excluded from bidding, but Redford should have removed herself from making the decision knowing that Robert Hawkes is a partner of that firm.
It looks like there is pretty strong evidence that the original memos were altered and ITRL was ruled out, leaving the other two firms as the best option.
The lowest cost isn't necessarily the best option, because it doesn't always deliver the best results. The committee would have looked at lots of other factors in addition to cost, before making their recommendations.
Redford doesn't really have a great track record as Premier, and this situation seems to be another example of her corruption and manipulation.
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I agree Redford should have excluded herself from the decision.
But it's possible you couldn't legally exclude ITRL based on the criteria in the original memo. If it was not a required element or mentioned as a criteria in the proposal you can't exclude someone for not meeting it. You can be sued for not awarding the contract to the lowest bidder if they meet the qualifications of the RFP. I know it's ridiculous but it exists to prevent people from awarding to who they want to instead of the lowest bidder meeting spec.
Key in the first memo is that All firms are qualified to do the work. Once you make that statement it becomes difficult to award to other than the lowest bidder.
To really know we'd need a copy of the rfp to see the evaluation criteria.