Roofer protest county bid denial

They should right out gave PPP Roofing the job. If they new they did not want then to bid then they should have stated that from the start. This good ol boy system needs to end.


Roofer protests county's bid denial
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
A roofing contractor who was the only bidder on a new roof for the Pueblo District Attorney's office building protested to county commissioners that the contract should have been awarded to him.
Last week, commissioners said they would reopen the bidding on the job after Commissioner Anthony Nunez said PPP Roofing had been slow to complete a contract on reroofing the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center several years ago.
Dennis Paradiso of PPP told the board on Tuesday that he has done numerous roofing jobs for the county since 1998 "and we have never been told we were out of compliance with a contract. We believe the commissioners have violated the county's procurement rules based on false information."
County Attorney Dan Kogovsek said he thought the bid was reopened more because there was only one bidder than because of Nunez's remarks about PPP.
But Paradiso said he was basing his complaint not only on what he read in the newspaper, but what Nunez told him in a private conversation.
Commissioners said Paradiso is welcome to bid again on the current job, and Kogovsek said, "If you're the low bidder you'll get the contract."
- Margie Wood