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February 22, 2018

Puerto Rico suspends $133M housing repair contract

  • The contract had been challenged by one of the companies that lost the initial bid, Los Angeles-based Aecom.
    • By DANICA COTO
    Associated Press

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's Housing Department said last week it will suspend a $133 million deal with a U.S. company hired to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Maria because a review board found the contract was improperly awarded.

    The department's contractor review board published a ruling that New York-based Adjusters International received the contract, which was subsidized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, though it did not meet several requirements.


     
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