PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE / AP: …State Rep. Rob Matzie, D-Beaver, complained about the sole-source contract with a subsidiary of Kansas-based NIC Inc. in a letter to Attorney General Kathleen Kane and Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.
A spokesman for Corbett’s Office of Administration said on Tuesday that the firm is the only company in the country that does what it does, making it unnecessary to open the contract to bidding.
But Matzie cited a statement by NIC in its 2013 annual report to investors that it faces “intense competition” in all sectors of its business. NIC said in a Feb. 7 conference call with investors that the Pennsylvania contract was its first sole-sourced agreement in the history of the company, according to a transcript of the call… (more)
