OFFICIALS QUESTION CONTRACTS OF DWP.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. circumvents purchasing rules requiring board approval of all contracts of $100,000 or more by splitting work into several smaller contracts, the city controller charged Monday. Controller Rick Tuttle's office said four contractors were paid more than $1 million without board approval by dividing the work into 14 contracts that were too small to be subject to competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. . DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection General Manager David Freeman Freeman can mean:
``The multiple informal contracts were never used to circumvent cir·cum·vent tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents 1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap. 2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. the Board of Water and Power Commissioners or to show favoritism to any vendor,'' Freeman wrote in a letter to Tuttle released Monday. However, Freeman promised that if similar situations arise in the future, ``I will notify the board of the situation and inform them of the steps I am taking to accelerate the award of a formal contract.'' While conducting a spot audit, officials found that the DWP paid $237,000 in three contracts to Wiltel Communications WilTel Communications (formerly known as Williams Communications, which was formerly part of The Williams Companies, Inc) is a telco and Tier 2 Internet Service Provider with its own MPLS-enabled OC-192 optical wave division multiplexing backbone network. to maintain phone equipment. P.B. Zimmerman was given four contracts totaling $280,900 for the period of June through August for rental of a back-hoe and operator. The DWP also issued contracts of $97,946, $98,138 and $74,689 to a company called John's Rubbish for trash collection at DWP facilities. A formal contract has since been issued based on competitive bidding. In addition, Vanstar Corp. was issued four contracts totaling $245,000 to maintain computers for the DWP, auditors found. |
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