Documents reveal $2.3 million of demolition contracts awarded without public bidding.
The Baltimore Development Corporation, the city’s quasi-public development arm, over the past year and a half awarded six contracts totaling $2.3 million to demolish buildings without publicly advertising the work, documents have revealed.
According to The Baltimore Sun, each of the six contracts was worth more than $25,000, the amount that is supposed to trigger public notice when work is requested by city agencies. Instead, the BDC asked companies for their prices, and, in the case of two contracts – including one for $1.5 million – did not award the work to the firm offering the lowest price.
This is a continuation of a story that we first covered here. Further details of the latest revelations can be found here.
