Title
Resolution Rescinding Council Resolution 17-0630 Awarding Service Contract to Transdev Services, Inc. for the Management and Operations of Transit Services Provided by the Greensboro Transit Authority and Extending Transdev Services, Inc.'s Current Contract for an up to Twelve Months
Body
Department: Transportation
Council District: Citywide
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer, 373-2863
Contact 2 and Phone: James Dickens, 373-2320
PURPOSE:
The City Council Resolution 17-0630 awarding the "Service Contract for the Management and Operation Of Transit Services Provided By The Greensboro Transit Authority" to Transdev Services, Inc. must be rescinded pursuant to federal regulations because a member of the GTA Evaluation and Selection Committee, which reviewed, evaluated, and scored the submitted proposals, has a conflict of interest with an employee of Transdev Services, Inc.
BACKGROUND:
On October 17, 2017, City Council adopted a Resolution awarding the "Service Contract for the Management and Operations of Transit Services Provided by the Greensboro Transit Authority" to Transdev Services, Inc. On or about December 1, 2017, outside counsel for the GTA Board, Mr. Anthony Fox of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, received notification from a GTA Board Member that a member of the GTA Evaluation and Selection Committee is married to an employee of Transdev Services, Inc. (hereinafter, "Transdev"). Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations prohibits any employee from participating in the selection, award, or administration of a federally supported contract, if he or she has a real or apparent conflict of interest. As a requirement of receiving federal grants, the City also enacted Human Resources Personnel Policy HR B-22, which recites this regulation and implements it in our local decision making processes.
Under Title 2, a conflict of interest arises when an employee or any member of his or her immediate ...
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