PHILLYBURBS.COM /AP: State Treasurer Rob McCord said Wednesday he is refusing to pay nearly $3.5 million to a company that Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration hired under a no-bid contract to modernize and manage Pennsylvania’s executive-branch websites.
McCord said Wednesday he has rejected invoices from a subsidiary of Kansas-based NIC Inc. dating back to January because he is concerned about the legality and propriety of the contract.
“This is a case of the Corbett administration cutting corners regarding contracting practices, inflating contract values beyond the original approved amounts, and using a no-bid process without adequately justifying the reasons,” he said. “Not only is it a bad way to do business, it is outside the law, and we have an obligation to the taxpayers to reject these payments.” … (more)
Somehow the intro fails to inform readers that Mr. McCord is seeking the 2014 democratic gubernatorial nomination. One hopes the Kansas employees of NIC are not laid off due to McCord’s political posturing. One further hopes a lower bidder wouldn’t be the work in India.