Thursday, January 17, 2013
Security firm AlliedBarton pulls its bid to perform security patrols in the neighborhoods surrounding West Chester University.
AlliedBarton pulled its bid to perform security patrols in the neighborhoods surrounding West Chester University on Wednesday, just a day after being awarded the contract by borough council. According to borough council member Jordan Norley AlliedBarton pulled its bid as a professional courtesy and because they had concerns about the short turnaround for when it would need to be operational. "The man at Tuesday's meeting was a sales rep," Norley said. "He sent an e-mail saying that the operations team had concerns about the short time required to become operational." If AlliedBarton hadn't pulled its bid, the security patrols would have had to be ready to go in just 10 days. Because AlliedBarton pulled its bid, the contract was awarded to…
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
West Chester Borough Council reluctantly chooses AlliedBarton to continue private security patrols in the neighborhoods surrounding West Chester University.
The West Chester Borough Council voted on Tuesday to sign a one-year contract with AlliedBarton Security Services to conduct patrols in the neighborhoods surrounding West Chester University on weekend nights. Local firm ELPS Private Detective Agency has been conducting the patrols since March of last year, but AlliedBarton underbid the agency for the 2013 contract. “Our hands are tied,” said borough council member Jordan Norley. “We have to go with the lowest bidder.” Norley added, “There have been no complaints about [ELPS] by the police or anyone at all. We had a good working relationship, and they knew the neighborhoods.” West Chester mayor Carolyn Comitta thanked ELPS owner Jeff Stine for the work he did. “You really did a great job…
Horvath Lipsinbigler
1:30 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
"We have to go with the lowest bidder"? For SECURITY? Why not hire KMart? (I'm SURE that's who the White House hired, the cheapest.) That's the core problem in our country. Dollars. Green paper decides an unspeakable amount of life decisions. When will this stop? more ›