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Ryan RayOctober 15, 2015

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 AmmannJuly 29, 2015

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, 2015

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

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, 2015

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 […]

Tag: Xerox

Judge upholds Xerox award in massive FDOT procurement case

Company claims favoritism in awarding state toll collection contract

A strange FDOT procurement process gets even squirrelier

FDOT procurement meeting cancelled after FloridaPolitics.com report

Transportation procurement inconsistencies taking a toll on Florida taxpayers?