Dive summary:
- Waste Management is fighting against the city of Natchez, Miss. on a disagreement over the cities decision to award garbage and disposal contracts to two other companies.
- Waste Pro USA received the garbage collection contract and Riverbend Environmental Services won the disposal contract.
- Waste Management is suing the city claiming their bid was lower by about $20,000 a year and that the city awarded the contracts based on factors not contained in bid documents.
From the article:
The company alleges the city awarded contracts based on factors not contained in the bid documents. It said the city also asked for additional information not included in the advertised request for bids.
City Attorney Hyde Carby said state law allows the city to request such additional information and use that information to determine how to award the contracts.
"We can't both be right," he said. "Obviously, I think we're right, or I wouldn't have selected the course of action we selected." ...
