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State laundry contract with “exorbitant” costs went to a roofing company

July 21st, 2010 · 6 Comments · Business

A botched contract for laundry services that threatened to saddle the state’s Department of Defense with “exorbitant” costs was awarded to a Waianae roofing company, procurement records show. The records show the 1-year laundry contract went to Leeward Roofing, which submitted what appeared to be the low bid of $18,751.32. Leeward Roofing & General Contracting [...]

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Hawaii Department of Defense admits to “exorbitant” payments for laundry services

July 11th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Business, Politics

Remember the scandals back in the 1980s over the Pentagon’s $435 hammers and $640 toilet seats? Now Hawaii apparently has it’s own entry in the same category of overpriced items. A state’s Department of Defense contract for laundry services apparently had it paying $107 for the once-a-week washing of the two sheets, pillow case, and [...]

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