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Archive for December 2015
Bowie & Jensen Attorneys Recognized as 2016 Super Lawyers
Bowie & Jensen LLC is thrilled to announce that eight of the firm’s attorneys have been selected as 2016 Maryland Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service that annually recognizes attorneys across the country who have exceled in their legal practice and achieved a high-degree of peer recognition. Attorneys undergo a thorough, patented selection…
Read MoreMaryland State Board of Contract Appeals Rules That the Failure to Supply an Original Power of Attorney With Bid Bond Is Not Fatal to the Bid
In Appeal of Southern Improvement Company, Inc., MSBCA 2904, the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals considered whether the failure to supply an original Power of Attorney with a bid bond constituted a “minor irregularity,” which may be waived, or in the alternative, rose to a level of deficiency to render a bid non-responsive thereby…
Read MoreThe MSBCA Clarifies the ’72 hour rule’ for Amending MBE Participation Schedules
In Tech Contracting Company, the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals (“MSBCA”) clarified the scope of the “72 hour rule” that allows a contractor to make changes to its MBE Participation Schedule after bid submission. In this instance, the prevailing bidder, Forrester Construction, listed an MBE contractor that did not have the proper NAISC code.…
Read MoreMaryland State Board of Contract Appeals Provides Guidance On “Emergency” Procurements
The Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals addressed the State’s power to issue an “emergency” procurement pursuant to COMAR. Trinity Services Group, MSBCA 2917, 2931 & 2935. This matter arose out of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (“DPSCS”) issuance of a RFP for a private vendor to provide food services to…
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