Gwynns Falls Campground Restoration Contract (SB26-13647)
At a glance
- What: Recreation and Parks award RP22805 to Triunfo Builders Inc. for $2,597,000 to restore and improve the Gwynns Falls campground (captioned Winns Falls).
- Where it stands: approved Oct 21, 2026 after the board reopened the item and heard a protest from Allied Contractors.
The protest
- Pecora, counsel for Allied Contractors, said Triunfo's first bid broke the rule capping work given to a non-manufacturing supplier (about 60% used), and that Triunfo was then allowed to replace its whole minority and women business package. An Allied vice president testified she had never seen this allowed before.
- The agencies' answer: when all bidders are non-compliant on that package, procurement rules let the agency give every bidder a 10-day cure, and Allied was also allowed to fix a certification-number error. Lundy and Boarman said this has happened before.
- Counsel said the price difference is about $225,000 in the city's favor if Triunfo is chosen (caption wording unclear); he also raised a separate Allied matter on another project and was asked to stay on topic.
Process note
- The item was on the printed agenda but was not read into the non-routine list, so it had been approved with the routine agenda. The board paused to check, heard the protest, reopened it and approved it again.
Sources
Discussion time
About 12 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 - Board of Estimates | 12 |
Log
- 2026-10-21 - 2026-10-21 - Board of Estimates: protest heard, item reopened and approved on voice votes.