FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Further Information Contact: March 23, 2010
Rep. Robin Vos
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New York Train Company Says High Speed Bidding Process Rigged

Madison… Rep. Robin Vos (R-Caledonia) released a letter today written by the president of New York train company Alstom to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The letter provides further evidence that Governor Doyle’s no-bid contract procuring $48 million high speed train sets was crafted to favor Spanish train company, Talgo.

“As more details are exposed,” said Vos. “It’s clear that Governor Doyle and DOT officials rigged the process to specifically benefit Talgo.”

The letter, written last August by Alstom president Roelof van Ark to DOT Secretary Frank Busalacchi, sheds light on the Request for Information (RFI) process. DOT officials have used the fact that no one but Talgo responded to the RFI to deflect criticism that Wisconsin never sought bids from other companies.

Alstom says they were told that they weren’t obligated to respond to the RFI, that is was simply a way for DOT to gather information on what each company could provide and at what approximate costs. They were also told that failure to respond would in no way exclude them from the forthcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) that would open up the bidding process. A subsequent RFP was not issued.

Read more at http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/mar10/mar23/0323vosalstom.pdf

Letter from Alstom at http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/mar10/mar23/0323alstom.pdf

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