{"product_id":"denver-international-airport-baggage-handling-contracting-and-other-issues-rced-95-241fs-9781287166658","title":"Denver International Airport: Baggage Handling, Contracting, and Other Issues: Rced-95-241fs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Denver International Airport (DIA), focusing on: (1) the major events that occurred in building the DIA automated baggage-handling system; (2) whether there were any special considerations for disadvantaged businesses during the contract award process; and (3) major concerns about the construction project and their resolution. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) the city of Denver initially planned to open DIA with a conventional baggage system in order to meet the scheduled October 1993 opening date, but later decided to accept the risk associated with building an automated baggage system; (2) significant problems occurred with the construction of the baggage system, delaying DIA opening until February 1995 and costing an additional $95 million; (3) the city of Denver awarded 37 prime contracts, totalling $776 million, based on the contractors' ability to perform the work, price, and agreement to hire disadvantaged businesses; (4) the prime contractors exceeded the city's goals for hiring disadvantaged businesses between fiscal years 1990 and 1994; and (5) although most of the concerns regarding DIA have been resolved, remaining concerns include the ability to fund a rail system from downtown Denver to DIA and ongoing investigations about information disclosure to bondholders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bibliogov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47571537625239,"sku":"9781287166658","price":1437.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781287166658.webp?v=1774887514","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/denver-international-airport-baggage-handling-contracting-and-other-issues-rced-95-241fs-9781287166658","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}