Company owned by Trump donor won $1.7 million no-bid Reflecting Pool cleaning contract: Report
The Park Service bypassed competitive bidding and said the urgent work had to be finished before 250th birthday events, federal records show.
- On Thursday, The New York Times revealed the National Park Service awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract to Greenwater Services for a Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool purification system that struggled as algae blooms and peeling paint emerged.
- To meet the deadline for the country's 250th birthday, the NPS bypassed competition by citing an emergency exemption, Interior Department spokeswoman Katie Martin said.
- Records show Greenwater Services is owned by J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, led by John J. Cafaro, a Trump donor with prior convictions for bribery and campaign finance violations; the firm had received only one other federal contract.
- Interior Department officials stated they were unaware of Cafaro's political ties when selecting the firm, adding that "this company was selected because they had the expertise, work force and materials" to meet the timeline.
- Crews continue vacuuming algae and applying hydrogen peroxide while awaiting the permanent purification system, as satellite imagery confirms this year's bloom is the largest to occur in the last five years.
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Trump’s contracting controversies in the spotlight after no-bid Reflecting Pool deal
The Trump administration’s decision to award a Trump-tied business a $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean up the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool is renewing scrutiny over other deals inked by Trump officials with politically connected contractors. Federal spending records show that the National Park Service sought only one vendor, Greenwater Services, to install a water purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this spring. Ho…
Scammer Hired For Trump's Reflecting Pool Project Has A Wild Criminal History » Sons of Liberty Media
The Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor who got the no-bid contract once pled guilty to bribing a congressman. The algae blooming across the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool right now is the perfect symbolic representation of the Trump administration, and American history as well, if we’re really being honest. Essentially, covering over problems with a few …
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Firm tied to Trump donor got no-bid contract to clean reflecting pool
WASHINGTON — A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump was given a no-bid contract to install a water-purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool earlier this spring. The post Firm tied to Trump donor got no-bid contract to clean reflecting pool appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Northeast Ohio company owned by Trump supporter received $1.7M to clean Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water
Greenwater Services, owned by John Cafaro, received a no-bid contract to install a water cleaning system at the pool, now dealing with green algae and peeling paint.
Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool work comes under scrutiny: 4 things to know
President Trump’s efforts to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have not gone smoothly, despite the president maintaining he has a lot of experience with pools. Questions have swirled about the no-bid, multimillion dollar contract given to complete the pool renovations, one of several Trump beautification projects in Washington, D.C., ahead of the U.S.’s 250th...
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