City Halts Airport Project, Cites Immigration Law
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Georgia's new immigration law unexpectedly halted a major project at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport last week.
The city has planned on a major overhaul of the airport's concessions, making all vendor resubmit bids for space.
City officials announced last week that they are throwing out all the bids at Atlanta's airport.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}As part of Georgia's new immigration law, all businesses making submissions were required to submit a form stating they would hire American citizens. About a third of proposals received did not adequately fill out the form, according to Atlanta Chief Procurement Officer Adam Smith.
"To ensure a competitive process, compliance with state law and fair treatment of all respondents, I have concluded that the course of action in the best interest of the city is to cancel the RFP process and start again," Smith said in a press release. "I am committed to making sure that the city's procurement process and the resulting contracts provide best-in-class levels of service and value to taxpayers while meeting the highest ethical standards."
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Smith said the businesses had been told of the requirements in advance.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Airport General Manager Louis Miller said he was confident the issue would be resolved in time for the opening of a new international concourse.
The international terminal is scheduled to open next spring.
Smith said officials will ask vendors to resubmit bids in the next few weeks.
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