He later added that it was executed through a type of contract that doesn’t require a competitive process. Hutson disputes that, saying in her emails that she was in talks with another group to perform the review. Quatrevaux said the selected company is the only one qualified for the job, so a bid process was unnecessary. Nor did he consult Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson, according to Hutson’s emails, obtained through a public records request. Though city law usually requires a competitive bidding process for contracts of that size, Quatrevaux did not solicit bids before giving the work to the nonprofit organization. It is worth $75,000 plus $8,000 to $16,000 in reimbursable expenses. The contract was awarded in July to the Police Assessment Resource Center to conduct an external review of the Independent Police Monitor. A recent no-bid contract is a new source of tension between New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux and the Office of the Independent Police Monitor, emails obtained by The Lens show.
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