注：本文为译文，内容以原文为准 来源：匹兹堡
 

　　萨默塞特郡的一家电梯维修公司周三抗议由城市房屋管理委员会做出的决定，因其竞争对手提供更为昂贵方案却获得了交易权。

　　从2003年至2010年9月，温德伯东方电梯服务及销售有限公司一直是房委会的专属电梯维修承建商，而后房委会董事会投票决定将为期三年的合同授予塞西尔工商用电梯公司。

　　东方电梯提交了报价为399707美元但可能延长两年的标书。而塞西尔报价440,288美元，大约高出10个百分点。

　　“我们是报价最低且最负责的投标人，所以应该被授予合同，代表东方电梯的约翰斯敦律师Tim Leventry说：”我们保证花费的每分钱都实现其价值。”

　　房委会的发言人Michelle Jackson说，东方电梯的建议书是不完整的，因为它未能解释该公司是否会雇用一个低收入房屋管理局辖区的居民或是拥有少数族裔和女性的分包商。
竞买人必须承诺作出努力，雇佣房屋委员会辖区居民或是少数族裔和女性的分包商，这是俗称“第3条”的房屋与城市发展署1968年颁布的法案，或由少数和妇女拥有或分包商。该署负责审批管理局的预算基金。房委会为约20000 的匹兹堡市民提供房屋。

　　Berkey说，在过去七年房委会官员并未对他的公司的服务提出投诉。

Windber elevator firm protests Pittsburgh contract loss
Owners of a Somerset County elevator repair company Wednesday protested a decision by the city Housing Authority to make a deal with a competitor that offered a pricier proposal.

Eastern Elevator Service & Sales Co. of Windber was the Housing Authority's exclusive elevator repair contractor from 2003 until September, when the authority's board of directors voted to award a three-year contract to Industrial Commercial Elevator of Cecil.

Eastern Elevator submitted a bid of $399,707 with a possible two-year extension. Industrial's bid was $440,288, which is about 10 percent higher.

"We're the lowest responsible bidder, and we should have been awarded the contract," said Tim Leventry, a Johnstown attorney representing Eastern Elevator. "It's a significant amount of money."

Michelle Jackson, an authority spokeswoman, said Eastern Elevator's proposal was incomplete because it failed to explain whether the company would hire a low-income Housing Authority resident or minority- and female-owned subcontractors.

Bidders must promise to make efforts to hire Housing Authority residents and subcontractors either owned by minorities or women under what's commonly called "Section 3" of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. The department funds much of the authority's budget. The authority houses about 20,000 Pittsburghers.

Berkey said Housing Authority officials have made no complaints about his company's service in the past seven years.