We get results
Here's an interesting sequence of events: Friday morning, we posted a City of Portland update of its solicitation of bids for a new debt collection agency. Part of the update was as follows:
1.2 Q: When is the anticipated contract award date?An alert reader called the city out on that one:
A: Notice of Intent to award is expected approximately Jul 23rd, 20081.3 Q: When is the anticipated contract start date?
A: Contract Start date is expected to be retroactive to July 1, 2008
How can you award 7/23 and be "retroactive" to 7/1 unless you intend to award to the incumbent?A darn good question, and apparently it was what caused the city to issue yet another amendment on Friday afternoon:
Q: When is the anticipated contract start date?It will be interesting to see whether the incumbent contractor, Active Credit, gets the new deal.
A: Contract Start date is expected to be on approximately August 1, 2008
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Comments (3)
While I applaud you and your reader's work in closing watching the financial dealings and fine print of city hall, PDC and other governmental institutions, it's a sign of the times that unpaid bloggers and citizens can find this stuff out better than a reporter with the Oregonian, let alone network television/alt-weeklies. Without that fourth estate, where are we going to be in twenty years?
Posted by Aaron | June 9, 2008 10:55 AM
Newspapers are reeling. Many are no doubt on their last legs. It's scary.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 9, 2008 11:01 AM
The problem of course is that even a blogger as deicated as Jack can only cover a small part of City government. I am somewhat comforted by the fact that the newspaper industry has been shrinking since the spread of radio and hasn't gone completely out of business yet. Though I would morn the demise of the print paper I do get much of my information online now.
Posted by Greg C | June 9, 2008 12:32 PM