Virginia
In fiscal 2010, 29.2 percent of state contracts went to certified small businesses, 5.8 percent went to women-owned businesses, and 6.5 percent went to firms with minority owners.
Critics of the small-business-, womenand minority-owned contracting program say the definition of small business is so broad that 99 percent of businesses in Virginia qualify. timesdispatch.com
City of Richmond, Virginia
However, the board also said that the city’s two previous bid requests, withdrawn in favor of one with more restrictive requirements, “create an impression, correctly or incorrectly, that the city was trying to insure that McNeilus would be the successful bidder.”
Kevin McGee, sales manager for Mid-Atlantic, said yesterday that his company would appeal the decision to Richmond Circuit Court.
City of Richmond, Virginia
The company alleges that city officials showed an “obvious bias” toward McNeilus Cos., of Villa Rica, Ga., by canceling two rounds of sealed bids before seeking a third that called for body specifications that are proprietary to McNeilus, effectively chilling competition.
