Puerto Rico canceling controversial no-bid contract

      Puerto Rico’s electric company prepared to cancel a $300 million sole-source contract that it had awarded to a Montana-based small business. The contract was for repairs to Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria.

      The contract with Whitefish Energy was widely criticized because it was a no-bid award to a firm reported to have had just two employees when the storm struck. FEMA said it had “significant concerns” about the contract.

More information: Washington Post story: http://goo.gl/vSyRUH

Prison for VA contractor

      Bhupesh Wadhawank, founder of Link Solutions, a small business in McLean, VA, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for bribing an Army contracting employee to win over $37 million in contracts from 2006 to 2012. He resigned from Link in 2016.

      Wadhawank pleaded guilty to bribing Rainier Ramos, an Army Public Health Command official at Aberdeen Proving Ground in MD.

More information: Washington Technology story: http://goo.gl/H5oRnw

FedBid acquired

      FedBid Inc. of Vienna, VA, which runs online reverse auctions for federal agencies, has been acquired by Compusearch, based in Dulles, VA. Terms were not disclosed. The companies said jointly that they will help the government modernize, diversify, use analytics and save money in procurement.

      FedBid CEO Joe Jordan previously was the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy under President Obama.

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