BLONDER ILLEGAL CONTRACT AWARD

Blonder Labs bid Award 4-21-09 Gennaro A.Marino P.E.
409 W. main St.
Kutztown, Pa 19530
610-683-7977
Kutztown Borough Council &
Mayor Green
Dear Borough Elected Officials,
I see on page 4 of the agenda for the March 21, 2009 Council Meeting, I quote, “Award options one and 2 of the bid for up grading current head-end components from an analogue head-end to an analog and digital head-end to blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., Old Bridge New Jersey, in the total bid amount of $119,511.87.”
There was another bid from Advance Media Technology of $104,858.51 for option 1 that was not considered at the Committee Meeting bid opening. Committee Chairperson Eidle stated the committee would have to consult Counsel. The bids were not competitive and can not be justified. I stated at the Bid opening that the bid documents were flawed. There is much more involved with this bid. Namely where is the original Purchase Order for $119,511.87 which is the exact bid amount? Borough Solicitor Mooney states in a letter to the Office of Open Records, which you have, that the Borough does not have to release the P.O. to the public because it is not a Borough record. On the other hand Blonder Tongue Laboratories states that there are no open Purchases for Kutztown and Borough Secretary\Right to Know Officer Bonnie Bray and Information Technology Director Frank Caruso state that the Purchase order does not exist.
Being the amount of the bid and the amount on the Purchase Order were exactly the same ($119,511.87) the Purchase Order has to be made public to see if there is a difference in the bid document and the Purchase Order which could of led to the difference in the bid amounts.
This is the culmination of your actions to award a contract for over $10,000 without a bid to a certain contractor.
There is much more to this incident and this vote by you is illegal without the Purchase Order you all know it. The P.O. and the bid document have to read the same to arrive at the same price. Some of you have seen and have access to the P.O. Why don’t you make it public?
This bid is tainted and should not be approved.
Sincerely,