Saturday, March 3, 2012

SUIT CLAIMS GUILDERLAND MANIPULATED BIDDING.(Local)

Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer

A highway construction company that lost out to another firm for a paving contract has sued the town for what it alleges was a "manipulated" bidding process.

Callanan Industries Inc. of Bethlehem claims that a contract for town road maintenance precludes competitive bidding because it calls for a new technology that only one regional company can provide, according to a lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court last month.

The Town Board last month awarded a contract to the Cady Co. Inc. of Amsterdam to microsurface roads in need of repair on an as-needed basis. Microsurfacing is a relatively new technology different than …

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