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The Connecticut Utility Contractors Association told state regula...

The Connecticut Utility Contractors Association told state regulators it’s dropping out of a complaint case against AT&T bidding practices filed by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The AG filed the complaint after the trade group wrote him expressing concern…

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that a new electronic bidding process AT&T implemented in July, and an associated policy of not revealing winning bidders identities, was acting to freeze Connecticut contractors out of the bidding for AT&T network construction jobs (Case 08- 10-05). The contractor group said it was dropping out because it was satisfied with the material AT&T filed to prove its bid review and contract award processes are impartial and not biased in any way against Connecticut contractors. AT&T urged the Department of Public Utility Control to dismiss the AG’s complaint, saying the contractor group’s withdrawal removed any ground for pursuing the matter.