Cheney councils awards bid based on 'most advantageous' criteria

The Cheney City Council did something a little unusual at its April 18 meeting by awarding a bid for an upgrade to its information technology system to a company that was not the lowest bidder.

The city opened two bids on April 10 for the project estimated at just over $100,000 which includes replacement of existing servers and software, one from Intrinium totaling $107,954.32 and one from JW Affinity IT for the amount of $106,500.70. Finance Director Cindy Niemeier told the council that the bids were evaluated on criteria of cost, availability, best fit and most advantageous for the city.

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