Direct Selection: The Two-Page Note Behind Georgia's $85,585,244 Prison Purchase
Three agencies held no record of how ModCorr won $85,585,244 in Georgia prison contracts. GSFIC's answer: two undated pages and a "direct selection."
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Georgia signed $85,585,244 in prison contracts with ModCorr after a request GDC's own form says is not competitive bidding. The state's account of how it chose? Two pages, no date. https://gps.press/direct-selection-the-two-page-note-behind-georgias-85585244-prison-p...
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Georgia's Department of Corrections posted an eRFI for modular maximum-security housing on March 4, 2025. GDC's own purchasing form states the eRFI method "does not satisfy the requirement for competitive bidding." Six weeks later, GSFIC signed five contracts with ModCorr LLC totaling $85,585,244.
Asked for the competitive solicitation or sole-source justification, GDC, GSFIC, and DOAS each said they held no responsive records. GSFIC's explanation arrived as two undated, unsigned pages. Meanwhile, payments on the contracts exceeded contracted sums by $4,176,968.23, and no agreement contains a contingency line. If no agency kept a record of how this vendor was chosen, who is accountable for the $85 million?
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Georgia's own purchasing form says the eRFI method "does not satisfy the requirement for competitive bidding." Six weeks after that eRFI posted, the state signed five contracts with ModCorr LLC totaling $85,585,244. Asked how the vendor was chosen, three agencies said they held no responsive records. GSFIC's account: two undated, unsigned pages. Payments exceeded contracted sums by $4,176,968.23.
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Georgia's purchase of $85,585,244 in modular prison housing raises a procurement accountability question. GDC's own eRFI form states the method "does not satisfy the requirement for competitive bidding." GSFIC signed five contracts with ModCorr LLC six weeks after the window closed. When GPS requested the competitive solicitation or sole-source justification, GDC, GSFIC, and DOAS each reported no responsive records; GSFIC's explanation was two undated, unsigned pages.
Payments exceeded contracted sums by $4,176,968.23, with no contingency line in any agreement. Florida's comparable modular medical procurement records its method of procurement as Agency Invitation To Bid. Georgia's record, across three agencies, does not state the provision that permitted a direct selection of this size.