Sen. Dan Roberts, R-Mountain Brook, walks across the floor of the Alabama Senate on April 16, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Roberts raised concerns about sole source contracts Thursday. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
An Alabama legislative committee held back approval of a number of education-related state contracts on Thursday amid concerns that they were “sole source,” where the contract was not opened to public bidding but offered to a single company.
Sen. Dan Roberts, R-Mountain Brook, chair of the Alabama Contract Review Committee, said that there were multiple questions about the Department of Education contracts, but education contracts were not the only ones held back that day.
“I think we’re going to probably hold all of yours that are sole source today,” he said. “We’re going to meet with our group in a week and a half, and then we’ll get back to you on that.”
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The State Department of Education did not immediately have an on the record comment when a message was left with a spokesperson Thursday afternoon.