By Adam Pagnucco. Note: I have updated this post to include a response from Montgomery County’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the end. Three companies affiliated with Highland Electric…
Electric Bus Contract
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s $169 million electric bus contract has been marred by wasteful spending, litigation, poor performance and even criminality surrounding its original award. The school board has now…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, WJLA-TV posted a startling article claiming that the school board had approved a multi-million dollar diesel bus contract in closed session. Here’s the problem:…
Protest Filed Against New MCPS Bus Contract
By Adam Pagnucco. In recent weeks, I have written repeatedly about MCPS’s electric bus contract, which has shorted out despite high expectations. Every time I think the story is losing…
More on MCPS’s Electric Bus Debacle
By Adam Pagnucco. In prior articles, I reported on the admission by MCPS officials of skyrocketing poor performance fees associated with its electric bus contract and the fact that two…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s failed electric bus contract, the subject of an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing its “wasteful spending,” is more than just a government procurement gone…
Bus Contract Fees Owed to MCPS Skyrocket
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, Montgomery County Inspector General (IG) Megan Davey Limarzi found “wasteful spending” in an MCPS electric bus contract and estimated that the contractor owed the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found “wasteful spending” in MCPS’s electric bus contract. The bus contract was initially lauded with praise two years ago,…