The San Antonio City Council approved and implemented the responsible bidders ordinance to give city officials more say when selecting contractors.
“Unfortunately, the city was put into kind of a corner with the rules that they had to hire again the same contractors that were doing bad work because of the low bidding process. You didn’t even have to necessarily have experience in the same type of work,” said Melissa Cabello Havrda, District 6 councilwoman.
The city’s hired contractors will now have to uphold a higher standard, or they may not be allowed to bid for city projects for three years. No immediate action will be taken against contractors with current projects. With that being the case, District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo wants contractors to take note.
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