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| How much money should it take to feed Maryland prisoners? |
| By baltimorepostexaminer.com- Len Lazarick |
| Published: 04/15/2015 |
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Grilled bureaucrats with a side order of roasted contractors is slated for the menu at Wednesday’s Board of Public Works meeting. The governor, treasurer and comptroller are all expected to turn up the heat over a flawed $37 million contract awarded Jan. 7 for inmate food services in Baltimore. The contract to Crystal Enterprises of Glenn Dale in Prince George’s County was controversial then, and protested by Trinity Service Group of Oldsmar, Fla., which had been feeding the inmates at the Baltimore City Detention Center and other nearby facilities for many years. Crystal had limited experience with corrections facilities, but had underbid Trinity by a whopping $51 million for the three-year contract. The new contractor promised to feed the prisoners for $1.43 a meal, while Trinity had been getting $2.035 under its existing food services contract. On Jan. 7, Scott Livingston, Trinity’s attorney, told the board it was impossible for Crystal to perform the contract at the low price, because the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services had overestimated the number of meals in the request for proposal. Read More. |
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