Friday, May 10, 2013

TRAIN STATION CONCESSION FIGHT ON?

PATCH reports:


After learning that the Maplewood Concierge Company (MCC) lost out in a New Jersey Transit bidding process and will be forced to vacate the Maplewood Train Station concession it has run since 1998, MCC president Art Christensen is determined to challenge the results.
"I have no intention of leaving without exercising all my rights under the RFP," said Christensen in a phone interview Thursday. "I'm going to appeal in court."
The MCC was one of two companies who submitted a bid to NJ Transit, which holds the lease. This week, NJT awarded the contract to Zeren, LLC, which operates concessions at three other train stations, said Christensen, a local businessman and longtime Maplewood resident.
"[NJT] sent me a notice to quit by May 31," said Christensen, who said he had filed an official complaint with NJT for what he called an "unfair" bidding process that was "arbitrary and capricious."


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