HCPSS MPIA Request #2024-077

Requestor
Crystal Cooper
Organization/Agency
Infojini
Requested Information
We are requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records for the contract - Flexible Staffing Services.
The details we are requesting are below:
• Technical/Cost Proposals of the awarded vendors.
• Spending/Budget on the contract till present.
• Bid tabulation/scoring sheet of the previous award.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, publicly available information including total budget regarding the Technology Support Flexible Staffing Services with an RFP #015.19.B5 can be found in the Bids and Contracts report to the Board of Education from November 1, 2018: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/B5TV6469A720/$file/11%2001%202018%20Bids%20and%20Contacts%20BR.pdf (see PC-26).
In regard to the evaluation committee’s score/evaluation records, under MPIA GP § 4-344, which allows a custodian to deny inspection of confidential opinions, deliberations, advice or recommendations from one governmental employee or official to another for the purpose of assisting the latter in the decision-making function, we would be unable to release. These records reveal pre-decisional recommendations of the evaluation committee used to inform the award by the Purchasing Office, where release would be contrary to the public interest given its potential to inhibit full and frank discussion in the procurement process.

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