By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
UPDATE MARCH 17 – In a public vote of confidence for Superintendent Robert Runcie and his staff amid allegations of bid rigging, the Broward School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to temporarily scrap plans to award a multi-million dollar management contract.
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
Administrators at the Broward County School District “rigged” bidding procedures to ensure that Jacobs Project Management Company would receive a multi-million dollar contract to manage $800 million in capital projects that voters agreed to finance, according to a district whistleblower.
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Bypassing the county’s bidding process, the Broward County Commission earlier this month approved an Aviation Department recommendation to extend for 15 years Delaware North’s grip on food and beverage concessions in terminals three and four at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The deal means Delaware North could remain in place until as long as 2032.
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The two top executives of a state vendor who negotiated a $1.2 billion contract with the Florida Department of Corrections to provide medical care for thousands of state prisoners were abruptly fired on Wednesday.
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward County Commission has taken its first step to snatch back power to influence the awarding of contracts, and more change is in the air.
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has named incumbent and low-bidder Coventry Health Care of Florida as his choice to provide group medical insurance to BSO’s 5,800 employees – a contract worth more than $355 million over the next five years.
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