{"id":1107,"date":"2013-07-26T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2013-07-26T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T20:15:26","slug":"mercer-countys-state-senators-propose-law-requiring-competitive-bidding-on-all-public-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/26\/mercer-countys-state-senators-propose-law-requiring-competitive-bidding-on-all-public-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualifications Based Selection endangered! Mercer County&#8217;s state senators propose law requiring competitive bidding on all public contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\">\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepost-E9382095B58C53C41967242156745418-top rpuNoTitle\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/1.rp-api.com\/rjs\/repost-article.js?3\" data-cfasync=\"false\"><\/script><a class=\"rpuThumb\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1wfut\" rel=\"norewrite\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/img.1.rp-api.com\/thumb\/3651643\" \/><\/a><a class=\"rpuTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1wfut\" rel=\"norewrite\"><strong>Qualifications Based Selection endangered! Mercer County&#8217;s state senators propose law requiring competitive bidding on all public contracts<\/strong><\/a> (via <a class=\"rpuHost\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1wfut\" rel=\"norewrite\">NJ.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpuSnip\">(This is an example of ignorance and bad assumptions taking the lead in politics; the blind leading the blind. For professional services, unlike <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"654c5c08-de87-4b9f-ab24-3253b33e123c\"><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark\" id=\"8d23466a-c7f6-43d6-a915-1244f94400f2\">commodities<\/span><\/span>, price bidding virtually guarantees shoddy work and higher long-term costs.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpuSnip\">Martin Griff\/The Times of Trenton TRENTON \u2014 Legislation that would require competitive bidding on all public contracts in New Jersey has cleared a legislative committee and now heads to the full state Senate for consideration. 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The measure co-sponsored&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[66,34,67,142],"class_list":["post-1107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-surveying","tag-history-2","tag-leadership","tag-politics","tag-surveying"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/repost-us-3651643.jpg?fit=380%2C313&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1DORt-hR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1356,"url":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/surveying\/","url_meta":{"origin":1107,"position":0},"title":"WHY SURVEYING?","author":"TonyC","date":"January 5, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"What if Christopher Columbus had not set sail in 1492? 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