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Archive Home > 2003 > May > 06 > Bypassing competitive bidding

Bypassing competitive bidding

Local governments often seek exemptions on public projects

By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
May 6, 2003

More than $86 million in public projects - from the new $4.6 million Bend police station to the ongoing $10 million construction of a new Jefferson County Jail - have been exempted from state competitive bidding laws in Central Oregon since the mid-1990s.

That figure, from records and interviews....

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