SF street sweeping contract

Don Wiskin | Apr 14, 2016

I recently learned that the street sweeping in South Frontenac went to a company in Ottawa instead of a local company for just under $5,000 difference in bids. The bidding offer does state that the lowest bid may not be accepted.

In this case, the next bid was a local contractor that has been looking after us for a few years and doing a very satisfactory job as well. This local company hires local workers and the money is spent in our county. They also have their equipment serviced by local companies as well.

When a bid is won from companies outside of our county for such a small amount of difference when we have reasonably priced contractors right here, keeping our hard earned TAX dollars spent here in our county instead of supporting other counties. This is just my opinion.