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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Mississippi company wins county contract over Fairfield company
The transportation contract for Butler County Job and Family Services will go to Mississippi-based Lefleur Transportation.
JFS uses transportation for non-emergency medical trips and averages 9,800 a month. The new three-year contract (which as two one-year extensions) was awarded to the out-of-state company over Fairfield-based Universal Transportation Systems. Lefleur underbid UTS by approximately $1.4 million.
UTS had been the transportation service provider since 2004.
The contract is for $8 million (which would be $12.8 million if the two one-year options are exercised). UTS would have been slightly more than $8.5 over three years, and more than $14.2 million over five years. (NOTE: this is based on an average of 9,800 trips a month.)
Commissioner Cindy Carpenter stressed she was uncomfortable with out-of-state providers and wanted an assurance of the new provider would utilize the county’s workforce. JFS Assistant Director Jerome Kearns said the company will recruit local staff and will set up a base of operations in the area.
It will start its service on March 16.
“They’ve outlined an aggressive time line to ensure they would be up and running,” said Kearns, adding they’ve been successful with this same time line in other states.
The commission had a third option to discard both bids, exercise the fifth year of UTS’s current contract and rebid. But the board went with Lefleur.
Furmon questioned if the escape clauses are in the contract “to cover us.” Kearns confirmed that and said they’re based on performance and finances.
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