Audit: WMATA only offered $14m contract to one source

By Kytja Weir
Published November 5, 2012 5:00am ET
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Audit: WMATA only offered $14m contract to one source
A Metro information-technology contract funded with $5 million in federal stimulus money is being investigated. (Examiner file photo) | Graeme Jennings

Inspector general finds Metro ‘may not have selected the contractor offering the best value’

Metro failed to offer a contract for competitive bids before it was given to a McLean-based company, despite telling its board members the work was going to be offered to others, the agency’s inspector general has found.

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