The board, which is responsible for scrutinizing state business deals and reviewing Connecticut’s procurement laws, said they received several formal complaints in recent weeks regarding Kiewit Corporation, which is serving as both the construction manager and a subcontractor on the state pier project.
Members of the State Contracting Standards Board announced Friday that they plan to investigate how one construction company was able to recommend itself for more than $87 million in subcontracts for the renovation of the State Pier in New London.
The final budget proposal includes the $454,000 the State Contracting Standards Board sought to fill five positions and gives it a full-time investigative
Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders have agreed on a new $24 billion state budget that features nearly $600 million in tax cuts, including up to $750 later this year for families with kids, and an extended gasoline tax holiday running through Dec. 31.
The compromise budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 also freezes car taxes in nearly half of all communities and makes new investments in child care, mental health, other social services and the state’s contracting watchdog agency.