The District faces a $600 million revenue shortfall. Every dime should count. So, why is Mayor Adrian M. Fenty throwing away $5 million?

He wants to award the Consolidated Forensics Laboratory construction contract to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. of Baltimore. But, Tompkins Builders Inc., a District company, submitted a bid that’s $4.8 million lower.

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