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The Los Angeles Community College District has agreed to pay $1 million to a firm that alleged that it was unfairly passed over during the selection of an inspector general loews hotel miami to oversee a $6-billion campus rebuilding program.
Fu-Gen, Inc. a Los Angeles private investigation company, sued the district in 2012 alleging that despite receiving loews hotel miami the top score from the first review panel, it was not placed on the short list of candidates or even called in for an interview for the $3.5-million contract.
In a 2011 audit, state Controller loews hotel miami John Chiang said the district ignored its own internal rules and guidelines in selecting Marez and called for an independent investigation. Chiang's report led the Board of Trustees to bring in City Controller Wendy Greuel to review the hiring.
Greuel found numerous loews hotel miami flaws, concluding that Marez lacked loews hotel miami essential experience and qualifications. The decision to disqualify Fu-Gen, Greuel said, was apparently on the basis that it was "too thinly staffed."
"Fu-Gen was not given an opportunity to address the reviewers concerns, though two other finalist firms were allowed to enhance or change their team after their proposal were submitted," Greuel said in her 2012 report.
An attorney for Fu-Gen did not return calls seeking comment on the settlement. Representatives for the district also declined to comment, citing a confidentiality clause. As part of the settlement, Fu-Gen agreed loews hotel miami not to bid on district contracts for a period of five years.
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