Wire ServicesSeptember 15, 2020
5min874
IBM and Accenture are challenging the contract in court.
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Wire ServicesSeptember 15, 2020
Peter SchorschFebruary 11, 2019
6min508
Florida should avoid "$435 hammers."
Drew WilsonMay 21, 2018
3min622
Capital City Consulting is one of just six Florida firms to clear the $1 million mark in legislative lobbying in the first quarter, and it’s not far off from earning the same distinction for its executive branch efforts. Lobbyists are required to report compensation from their principals in ranges covering $10,000 increments and using the […]
Ryan RayOctober 15, 2015
5min226
In what may be the end of a titanic food fight between major state government contractors, an administrative law judge has upheld the state’s award of a massive transportation contract to Xerox, denying Accenture‘s claims that an unusual procurement process yielded the wrong outcome. Administrative law judge J. Bruce Culpepper on Wednesday recommended to the state Department of Transportation […]
Phil AmmannOctober 5, 2015
2min442
Accenture, the multinational management consulting and technology services firm, is the latest organization to join the Florida Technology Council (FTC), considered the voice of the state’s technology industry. “With its experience across multiple verticals, Accenture will play a vital role in the upcoming committee weeks and the 2016 Session,” said FTC Executive Director James Taylor. […]
Phil AmmannJuly 29, 2015
3min213
A company has filed a complaint claiming Florida transportation officials used favoritism in awarding a multimillion dollar toll collection contract. WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News in Orlando reports an administrative judge will take up the 28-page complaint from Accenture over the $600 million state contract that may not have gone to the best company to […]
Peter SchorschJuly 15, 20156min359
As Florida Politics reported in April, an ongoing procurement process within the Department of Transportation over a contract worth hundreds of millions has taken some strange turns, including a $3.6 million settlement payment to a firm that was not only ranked third in a competitive bidding process, but also left the State of Florida in a lurch when it previously […]
Peter SchorschApril 21, 2015
4min214
I guess we can count the Florida Department of Transportation among our beloved readership — along with the many pols, staffers, voters and taxpayers who check in with Florida Politics every day. After our reporting this week on a transportation contract procurement process that seems have gone a little squirrelly, FDOT announced Tuesday that it has cancelled […]
Peter SchorschApril 20, 20158min389
You might not know it from reading The Tampa Tribune lately, but at this moment a handful of major companies are locked in a heated campaign to secure a major state contract to provide an oft-overlooked but essential service: the administration of tolls that help fund Florida’s more than 80,000 miles of roads. After 16 years since the introduction of […]