Melissa McCaw says she saw a bid dispute and no inkling of scandal in a contractor’s complaint to her on April 29, 2020.
The contractor, Stamford Wrecking Company, complained that her agency, the Office of Policy and Management, was undermining competitive bidding laws on school demolition and hazardous-material disposal contracts. Specifically, the contractor said, OPM urged the town of Groton to set aside open bidding in favor of hiring from the state’s limited emergency bid list of approved contractors.