Cecil County Allows Late Bid from Chestertown Trapper on Animal Control Contract; Missed Deadline but County to Permit Bid to Proceed

Cecil County officials acknowledged Monday that they received a late bid, after the 1:30 PM Thursday 10/1/15 deadline for submission of bids on a new Animal Control contract, from a Chestertown pest removal company but decided to allow the late submission to be accepted and reviewed for the 18-month contract. Three other bidders complied with the deadline and were announced as the only official bidders at a bid opening meeting. Al Wein, the county Director of Administration, told Cecil Times on Monday that the tardy vendor, Wildlife Damage Control, phoned the county procurement office shortly before the deadline and said they would be late because “They didn’t know that the Sassafras River bridge was closed.” The bridge is the dividing line between Cecil and Kent counties. The closing of the bridge for several weeks was widely announced in local media and through multiple signs posted throughout Kent County highways for the past several months. Cecil Times was present for the official bid opening last Thursday, when it was announced that there were three official bidders after David Pyle, the county purchasing officer, opened three packets that had been submitted. Those bidders were A Buddy for Life, Inc., the current contractor; […]