In its first report since a scathing 2019 audit led to then-Executive Director Evan Matthews being fired and the Office of Policy and Management gaining oversight of the quasi-public agency, auditors said the authority didn’t open bids before awarding a $794,790 contract to AECOM Technical Services in May 2019. The auditors’ office told CT Examiner that AECOM’s contract was later increased in October 2021 to $2.4 million. It was the second contract over $50,000 that auditors had found the authority awarded without an open bid. The authority also said it updated its contracting procedures in 2022 after working with the state budget office and the State Contracting Standards Board.
State Audit Finds Port Authority Failed to Bid Out $800K Contract