Dispute Over Bidding Process Delays Police Training Center
A Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order that will delay construction of a police driver-training center in Granada Hills at the request of a construction firm that complained the bidding process was flawed.
The order bars the city from awarding a contract to build the 44-acre facility near the Van Norman Reservoir, where the Police Department plans to practice shooting and high-speed driving techniques.
Construction was scheduled to be completed by April 1997.
Last week, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works voted to grant a $22.5-million contract to build the facility to a partnership including American Kuk Dong Inc. and Advanced Architect & Development Co. Inc.
But on Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Robert H. O’Brien issued an order to the city to suspend the contract award at the request of Prinner Construction, which failed to get the contract. Prinner sued, alleging that the partnership that won the contract failed to meet city rules regarding how much work can be done by subcontractors.
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