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Home : 2009 : Sep : 4
http://www.azag.gov/press_releases/jan/2009/TUSD%20Release.pdf The State sued the school district over the following: In 2006, the TUSD officials requested that the Attorney General investigate the district’s procurement of technology and E-Rate consulting services. In 2008, that investigation expanded to include an examination of TUSD’s procurement of interactive white boards. The Attorney General’s investigation revealed that: • Campbell and Flores had improper contact and communication with Trillion before and during TUSD’s competitive purchasing process; • TUSD extensively relied on consultants for technology products and spent more than $40,000 for consultants’ services that produced no results; • Trillion and E-Rate Consulting conspired with each other, and with TUSD employees, to ensure each obtained a district contract, harming competition and violating state antitrust laws, the school procurement code and the federal E-Rate program rules; • Flores, Campbell and other TUSD personnel circumvented the school procurement code and district policies without consequences; • Flores, Campbell and E-Rate Consulting split purchases in order to avoid competitive purchasing requirements; • TUSD paid over $342,000 to Logical Choice for goods and services with no competitive purchasing process; and • TUSD personnel, including district leaders and key decision makers, accepted gifts and gratuities from current and prospective vendors, including gift cards, meals, and lodging at a Tucson area resort. Logical Choice is Prometheon. Unethical, but typical for this company. Enough said.
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