Auditors Found Frostburg State Failed To Get Proper Approval Or Competitive Bid For $2M Energy Facility

Frostburg State University paid for construction of a $2 million Sustainable Energy Research Facility without documenting the reason for its site-selection decision, without obtaining required approvals from the Board of Public Works or the university system, and without requiring the developer to competitively bid construction, according to an audit released Wednesday.

Chief auditor Thomas Barnickle told legislators in a letter: “The selection of the site was critical because existing contracting arrangements for the location required the use of a certain developer who then used an affiliated contractor to perform the construction work.”
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