California's deal with Bear Mountain Development Co. for coronavirus equipment was one of the state's largest.
Desperate for coronavirus help, California spending billions on no-bid coronavirus contracts, little accountabilityBrian Ferguson, a spokesman for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said the state did not pay any money upfront and would reimburse Bear Mountain for the masks that arrived.
“It would be our hope that all suppliers would fully fulfill their commitments,” Ferguson said. “For those that do not, that is why we have strong contracting rules in place to protect taxpayers and so the state gets the commodities desperately needed.”Ferguson said he could not comment on any communication the state may have had with federal authorities related to the deal.“This is unacceptable,” said state Sen.
“We have to figure out what is going on and why it looks so unprofessional,” said state Sen. John Moorlach .State governments have been under immense pressure to secure medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, but spending watchdogs have called for greater transparency and accountability in how California decides which businesses to make deals with.
Bear Mountain is one of at least 80 vendors awarded noncompetitive contracts under California’s coronavirus emergency order that had never done business with the state before, according to a Times analysis. Another was Blue Flame Medical LLC, a company founded recently by two GOP operatives who jumped into the personal protective equipment supply trade. State officials abruptly canceled a deal with Blue Flame after wiring nearly $500 million to the firm, only to have to claw the money back.data found this week that the state has so far committed to spend more than $3.7 billion on no-bid contracts under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 4 coronavirus emergency order.
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