By Emerson Drake
4/4/10
The sun doesn’t shine much in the County Purchasing Department. A simple Public Records Request was made to the County regarding the materials and documents related to the decision making for the Health Care contract for the County Jail, Honor Farm, and the Safety Center.
Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? Well, thinking that would be a mistake. We received a letter saying the County had 912 pages of information they were willing to release at a cost of $228 or we could review the documents under their supervision, down at 1010 10thSt.
So down we went.Perusing 912 pages takes more than a few minutes.
What became obvious quickly was the lack of an Evaluation Summary. Think about it, 912 pages but the most important part was missing.
The actual bid amounts and the scoring by the 6 individuals involved.
It took several phone calls to resolve the situation.
And we would like to thank Deputy County Council Dean Wright for insisting the Purchasing Department be more forthcoming and deliver the goods requested.
So in the end they produced the page which compares the cost of bids and the grading by the County’s team.
