Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Madigan wants state to drop security firm :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The Watchdogs

Lisa Madigan is calling on the state health department to cancel its contract with VIP Security & Detective Services, citing a Chicago Sun-Times report that raised questions about the firm's nursing home safety deal.

VIP was one of two firms awarded no-bid emergency contracts in August 2006 to help health officials screen nursing-home residents. ….firm had been in business for two years with $50,000 in annual sales. But state records show VIP had been incorporated only three months before Bryant signed its contract, and that VIP didn't get its security- and detective-agency licenses until Sept. 8, 2006 -- the same day the health department signed the deal

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