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Old 05-25-2024, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
I suspect the job will go to the same people who have made a mess of our courses.

If this was me the current supplier would not be allowed to bid.

So I have a little further information, based on a cursory review of the Executive Golf course maintenance bids for the last 7-8 years.

It appears that once a bid is accepted and contracted (usually for a few courses in a package), that contractor keeps the job.

It appears the District puts the contracts for Exec Course maintenance out for bid, when they're turned over to the District from the Developer. A contract is awarded for a length of time and then comes up for "renewal". It appears they are generally renewed with the same contractor (I haven't yet found a case where a winning bidder was not renewed. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened, only that I haven't seen where it's happened in the last 8 or so years.)

I won't comment on the wisdom of that approach.

Last edited by BrianL99; 05-25-2024 at 11:08 AM.