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How are these contracts being awarded? Are we talking public RFP's? If so, that should have produced competitive rates per project, no? Unless these 'consultan
by faramarz 17y ago
How are these contracts being awarded? Are we talking public RFP's? If so, that should have produced competitive rates per project, no?
Unless these 'consultants' were already promised the job and the RFP was just a formality, as is in most city contracts.
- anamax 17y ago> If so, that should have produced competitive rates per project, no? What makes you think that those rates aren't competitive? Govt projects have lots of overhead. Some comes from procedures intended to keep them from being cheated. Some comes from trying to make sure that the "right" people get the job. (Some sounds okay, such as"diversity", but is actually a cover for graft.) Some comes from all of the stakeholders. And on and on.
- faramarz 17y agobecause reading this line is somehow not surprising at all.. "The problem is no one knew how much these people were being paid, because their salaries don’t appear in normal city records." I've dealt with city contracts and it's a culture where the oldest members of the club always land the contracts, no matter what. Finding ways to bury the actual amounts through loopholes or channels is what keeps city officials at work. ha!