NEWS
By Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun | July 6, 2012
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday the hiring of a new chief technology officer to replace the official who resigned amid ethics concerns in February. Chris Tonjes, the chief information officer for the District of Columbia Public Library, was chosen after a national search, the mayor's office said. He will start work July 23 in Baltimore. "We are excited to announce the appointment of a qualified and forward-thinking individual to oversee an increasingly important government agency," Rawlings-Blake said in a statement.
NEWS
By Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun | February 17, 2012
HMSHost Corp., a Bethesda-based travel hospitality firm, filed a lawsuit Friday in an attempt to block the state's award to another company of a contract to rebuild and run Maryland's two major travel plazas on Interstate 95. The lawsuit alleges that Areas USA and the state negotiated terms during the bid process, while HMSHost was not given that opportunity. Areas USA, a Miami-based company, won the bid last month. The Maryland Board of Public Works is scheduled to vote Wednesday on the contract.
NEWS
By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun | February 9, 2012
The second of two losing bidders for the multimillion-dollar contract to replace and run Maryland's two Interstate 95 travel plazas has filed a protest with the Maryland Transportation Authority over the way it handled the bidding process. Airport Plazas LLC and Tishman Construction, joint bidders for the project, claim the authority allowed Areas USA, the winning bidder, to ignore some of the requirements contained in the request for proposals. They also claim the authority then allowed Areas USA to sweeten its offer without extending that opportunity to the competition.
EXPLORE
By Katie V. Jones | October 23, 2011
The town of Sykesville is hoping nature and its power will be the answer to some of its power problems. Whether it be geothermal, wind or solar power, town officials are collecting bid proposals to create a renewable energy source for the town's use at the Public Works Building, the Sykesville Police Station and the Sykesville Town House. Tapping a renewable energy source is an idea town officials have been talking about for the past six years, according to town manager Matt Candland.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun | February 15, 2011
Annapolis city officials plan to establish a formal bidding process for operation of the city's historic Market House, after a Baltimore-based developer slated to transform the ailing market pulled out of a proposed lease with the city, citing overwhelming community opposition. The Annapolis City Council was poised to vote on whether to approve the proposed 30-year lease agreement between the city and developer Lehr Jackson, through Gone to Market LLC., on Monday night. Mayor Joshua J. Cohen, a strong proponent of the plan, had enough votes on the council to win approval, but Jackson, who has developed public markets across the country, informed Cohen late Monday afternoon that he would not continue in the process.
NEWS
By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun | November 9, 2010
The Maryland Transportation Authority has canceled the bidding for a contract to redevelop and manage its two travel plazas along the toll stretch of Interstate 95 in northeast Maryland, deciding to go back to the drawing board rather than continue with a solicitation it had to revise repeatedly. Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley said the state is committed a public-private partnership to redevelop the aging Maryland House and Chesapeake House on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.