Inspector General Evaluating Artificial Turf Procurement Relationship Exposed by Parents' Coalition

The Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General released its Annual Report of Activity on October 1, 2012. The report lists recent investigations by the Office of the Inspector General.  Included in that list is a complaint that refers to the partnership between one of the M-NCPPC artificial turf evaluators and FieldTurf the exclusive supplier of artificial grass to M-NCPCC and MCPS. 

The relationship between the M-NCPPC  artificial turf evaluator and FieldTurf was exposed by a Parents' Coalition investigation and reported on this blog on June 18, 2012.  

We now await the Inspector General's report on this procurement. 

"A Complainant alleged a conflict of interest in the selection of an artificial turf product as the standard for fields at M-NCPPC and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The firm MNCPPC tasked with evaluating and recommending the artificial turf standard was alleged to have had a partnership with the selected product's provider. 

Both M-NCPPC and MCPS addressed the role of the contractor in their responses to the OIG. The OIG is evaluating the responses."