[quote name='KDWMAEMT' post='304349' date='May 10 2009, 23:04 ']The current FAJ says that the 3rd bid opening lists E\-One as the lowest bidder for the ladder contract. Does this mean that they are finally going to award the bid to E\-One? Rumor has it they wanted to contract E\-One for the ladders the whole time which was the main reason behind rejecting the 2 previous sets of bids. Any truth to that rumor?[/quote]
I personally don't know if there was any truth to "that" rumor, however, about a year ago when the first set of bids were requested the rumor at the time was that Crimson was being favored for the new contract as the way "those" specs were initially written had seemed to have favored "Crimson and not Pierce Aerial Ladders who had had the previous multi year contract which had run from about 2001/2002 until 2007/08. That is a very good question as I myself can't help but wonder why the bids on the new ladders were rejected twice and why three sets of bids had to be solicited in the first place.
In the late 1980's there was somewhat of a scandal here in Chicago with E/One as it had come out that there had been a kick back scheme with the local E/One representative involved as well as the Fire Commissioner (at the time) so after 1988 the CFD stopped ordering E/One rigs until early 2000 when we had given E/One an order for 9 rear mounted Aerial Ladders which were our last order for "single rear axle" Aerial Ladder Trucks. Several of those E/One Trucks are featured on this thread such as Trucks 13,30 and 40.
I personally don't know if there was any truth to "that" rumor, however, about a year ago when the first set of bids were requested the rumor at the time was that Crimson was being favored for the new contract as the way "those" specs were initially written had seemed to have favored "Crimson and not Pierce Aerial Ladders who had had the previous multi year contract which had run from about 2001/2002 until 2007/08. That is a very good question as I myself can't help but wonder why the bids on the new ladders were rejected twice and why three sets of bids had to be solicited in the first place.
In the late 1980's there was somewhat of a scandal here in Chicago with E/One as it had come out that there had been a kick back scheme with the local E/One representative involved as well as the Fire Commissioner (at the time) so after 1988 the CFD stopped ordering E/One rigs until early 2000 when we had given E/One an order for 9 rear mounted Aerial Ladders which were our last order for "single rear axle" Aerial Ladder Trucks. Several of those E/One Trucks are featured on this thread such as Trucks 13,30 and 40.
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