Dive Brief:
- New Orleans airport officials had two finalists to manage a $546 million improvement project, scored them a tie after reviews but ultimately picked a winner. Now, they are starting all over again.
- Parsons-Odebrecht, a joint venture of two major companies, got the nod after the re-evaluation, and a four-company consortium, Hunt-Gibbs-Boh-Metro, filed a protest.
- The governors of Louis Armstrong International Airport have now opened a new proposal process and will score entries in early August.
Dive Insight:
The scoring of proposals is done by a review committee of professionals, not the airport governing board. After the tie, the two applicants were interviewed, and the reviewers picked Parsons-Odebrecht over the other group that has three local companies.
