TC, Contractor Spar Over DeHart Qualifications
Andy-Matt's attorney argues that his clients are qualified for the job and that the town's qualifications are flawed.
Effectively, attorney James Bryce spent about an hour talking his clients, the contractor Andy-Matt, out of a job that they didn’t have. At a hearing over contract bids at the July 7 Township Committee meeting, Bryce argued that Andy-Matt, the lowest bidders among contractors vying to rehab DeHart Park, was not, as the town decided previously, unqualified for the work. At the end of his argument, Township officials and employees seemed convinced that not only was Andy-Matt not qualified, but that the next lowest bidder, Turco Golf, might not qualified either. Last month, Andy-Matt submitted a bid of $1.19 million to complete the project, which includes rehabilitating the field's lights, grass and drainage. The cost for the work was …
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