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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

State's overestimation of prison meals leads to food emergency, contractor dispute

The cost of feeding thousands of prisoners in Baltimore City's state-run jails will be scrutinized this week after state procurement confusion led to a contractor backing out of a three-year food deal just weeks into the job.

Maryland's Board of Public Works must decide Wednesday whether to approve higher per-meal payment rates for the contractor — Crystal Enterprises Inc. of Prince George's County — by 54 percent in order to keep it on the job long enough to rebid the deal. The rebid is necessary because state procurement documents overestimated by 6,700 the daily number of meals to be served.

But officials are questioning how the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services got to this point. And a competing company is crying foul.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let me guess. Was the company from PG County chosen using minority-owned business preference? And did any PG County legislator have anything to do with the selection process?

Anonymous said...

But officials are questioning how the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services got to this point.
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It's not hard to figure out. They are ran by minorities and Democrats. Enough said!