Utah’s troubled COVID-19 tech contracts could spur procurement reform

StateScoop: Findings by Utah’s legislative auditors this week that state agencies sometimes failed to communicate effectively on developing contracts for coronavirus response efforts could lead to changes in statutes outlining emergency-spending requirements.

Work on several no-bid contracts were highlighted in an auditor’s report Tuesday, including two contracts together valued at $9.6 million with Nomi for symptom surveys and testing capacity, along with a $4 million contract for a contact-tracing app from Twenty Labs, called Healthy Together.

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