Category: Government Contractors
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As Broward sheriff shops for inmate healthcare, jail deaths haunt controversial contractor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For 14 years, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has paid Miami’s Armor Correctional Health Services hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to provide healthcare services for Broward‘s jail inmates. The money flowed despite accusations of substandard care, indifference, political intrigue, malpractice and at least 15 needless deaths since 2010. Today, BSO is again soliciting bids for a new multi-year contract and Armor wants the job. -
New York boots Armor Correctional; In Florida, Armor boss named to powerful commission
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The company that provides health-care services to thousands of jail inmates across Florida, including Broward and Palm Beach counties, has been kicked out of New York for allegedly “placing inmates’ health in jeopardy.” -
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Broward County seeks $34 million in damages for airport construction delays
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The ongoing construction saga at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport hit an unpleasant, unannounced milestone with a New Year’s Eve notice to a major contractor that it owes Broward County more than $34 million in damages for costly delays. -
Broward auditors find $24.5 million runway project overrun
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A secret Broward County Auditor’s report has found a $24.5 million cost overrun in the construction of the new south runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. -
More controversy as Broward looks to begin $800 million school construction program
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
The controversy surrounding the Broward School District’s $800-million bond construction program continues with an allegation of another Sunshine Law violation, and a question as to why the same company was ranked first for two offsetting contracts designed to check and balance each other. -
Broward School Board backs Runcie on keeping public off selection committee
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
In the face of public suspicion, a majority of the Broward School Board last week voiced support for Superintendent Robert Runcie’s move to exclude the public from sitting on a committee that will select companies to manage $800 million in voter-approved construction projects.
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