CORRESPONDENCE

The fiasco that has befallen our City Hall is another example of

the deficiency of the lowest bidder process.

Under this process, any Tom, Dick or Harry with a contractors’ license

can submit a low bid, along with alleged competency. This is how

Huntington Beach got stuck with a shoddy contractor.

Ionic is so incompetent they claim the city failed to inform them how

big and difficult the job was. Any competent contractor would take it

upon themselves to inquire.

The process needs to be changed so that acceptance of a bid gives

substantial weight to a contractors’ experience and proof of competency

along with low price.

This will ensure that problems of this nature will not occur in the

future.

MARK A. ROSS

Huntington Beach