EDWARDSVILLE - McDill Incorporated is suing R & W Builders, Inc. for allegedly failing to pay subcontractors for construction of a project and keeping payments for themselves.
GAO found unobjectionable the General Services
Administration s (GSA) rejection of a late-submitted
proposal.
The request for proposals (RFP) required that offers be
submitted by October 13, 2020, via the agency s online proposal
submission portal, GSA ASSIST. The RFP warned that
proposals received after the closing data and time would not be
considered.
The protester had trouble with the online portal it
uploaded materials but was unable to click submit so it
emailed the proposal to the contracting officer instead.
Even though the protester had uploaded proposal materials prior
to the deadline, GAO noted that the protester maintained the
ability to revise its proposal by uploading new, modified
WBGZ Radio 3/1/2021 |
By Ross Pearson - WBGZ Radio
A building company out of O’Fallon, Illinois, has been ordered to pay the United States $400,000 following allegations they obtained building contracts in a fraudulent manner.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, says R&W Builders, Inc out of O’Fallon violated the False Claims Act by falsely obtaining construction contracts reserved for disadvantaged small businesses.
R&W had been previously participating in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program. The problem, they continued to gain the federally backed contracts after they were no longer eligible to do so. The U.S. Attorney says some of the contracts the company profited from involved construction work being done at Scott Air Force Base.