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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard Kaya on Kojo last week and this came up.  She said there is just no way to get a new vendor in this quickly.  I have to admit, having worked with DC govt, she's right.  The procurement rules really suck.  [b]If she brought someone in right now, Chartwell's could sue DCPS[/b].  A sole source contract would be tough also.  Who can do a job this big?  With weeks of notice.  Seriously?

Now, if it is renewed for next year, there is a problem.  They have a year to get it right.[/quote]

If out-and-out fraud -- confirmed by a multi-million dollar judgment -- isn't grounds for terminating a contract then DCPS procurement is in bigger trouble than I thought. Which is saying something.[/quote]

I don't believe it -- there are numerous hot food-providing companies in the region that would be glad to have the business.  They can move rapidly, as capitalists always do.  As you point out, D.C. is full of incompetents in procurement; but if the D.C. City Council were encouraged to waive whatever procurement barriers in order to make it happen, they could.  And it would happen if they did.  Just blaming everything on "procurement rules" is a big cop-out.  Not that I'm surprised; the same vagrants who occupy D.C. jobs were responsible for re-hiring the perpetually felonious Chartwells, cycle after cycle.[/quote]

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