HCPSS MPIA Request #2026-073

Requestor
John L. Monroe
Organization/Agency
Foundation for Fair Contracting – Mid-Atlantic Region
Requested Information
Per Maryland’s Public Information Act, the Foundation for Fair Contracting – Mid-Atlantic Region (“FFC”) is requesting an electronic copy of the documents listed below associated with the Rebid of the St. John’s Lane Elementary School HVAC Replacement, ITB 078.25.B4-2:
• Notice of Award
• awarded bidder’s Form of Proposal
• all required MBE forms submitted to Howard County Public Schools System (“HCPSS”) on behalf of the awarded bidder
• awarded bidder’s list of subcontractors proposed for each principal portion of the Work submitted to and approved by HCPSS after award of the Contract
Date Received
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, customer reference information (also under MPIA GP § 4-310) as well as unique pricing and MBE participation the vendor has identified as confidential beyond the total annual costs found in the report above have been redacted. Additionally, under MPIA GP § 4-330, we have redacted sociological information where it contains cell phone numbers, government-issued identification numbers, and/or has the potential to pose a risk to individual safety or privacy. Please note, the MBE documentation includes subcontractors as provided by the awarded contractor.

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

***Howard County Public Schools reserves the right to remove erroneous or outdated documents from this site.